Born Harlem in New York City into a show-biz family. Hit the big-time in 1951. Lost his left eye in a car crash in 1954. Member of Sinatra's Rat Pack. In 1967 on TV he greeted Frank's daughter, Nancy, with an early, shocking, inter-racial kiss. Died California.
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Sammy Davis Jnr
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Sir Alexander Korda
Film producer. Born Sandor Kellner in Hungary. Worked in film in Hungary, Austria and Germany and then in Hollywood 1926-30. He then moved to Britain where he became a leading figure in the film i...
1 memorial
George Harrison
Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool. One of the four Beatles. Died Los Angeles.
2 memorials
1 memorial
Roy Kinnear
Character actor. Born Lancashire. Played Mr. Salt in the 1971 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'. Died following a fall from a horse while filming in Spain.
1 memorial
Come Play With Me
Soft porn film. It starred Mary Millington, and surprisingly, several stalwarts of British comedy including Irene Handl and Alfie Bass. The plot involved money forgers and a group of dancing girls ...
1 memorial
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Rosalind Franklin tondo
NW3, Kidderpore Avenue, Rosalind Franklin building, on Hampstead Manor
In education, first there was STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) and then there was STEAM (with A for Arts) which, to u...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
1 Devonshire Terrace
Charles Dickens lived here with his family, 1839-51. They had moved here from 48 Doughty Street. The ninth child Dora, was born here and died here in 1851 aged just 8 months. Her mother Catherine w...
1 memorial
Frank Bates
SE15, Hichisson Road, 19
Frank Bates, 1889 - 1921, vocalist and lead singer with pioneering jazz ensemble the Southern Syncopated Orchestra, resided here, 1918 - ...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
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