Born Birmingham. Film producer. Worked at Gainsborough Film Studios. Went on to run Ealing Studios from 1938-56. His daughter married Cecil Day Lewis. Died East Sussex.
The National Portrait Gallery hold a bust of Balcon by Jacob Epstein, commissioned by Alfred Hitchcock.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Michael Balcon
Hackney owns up: "The plaque states that 'The Wicked Lady' was filmed at Gain...
City of Westminster Sir Michael Balcon, 1896 - 1977, film maker, lived here, ...
Sir Michael Balcon, 1896 - 1977, film producer, worked here, 1938 - 1956. Eng...
Actor. Born Shirley Broomfield on 27 June 1936 in Forest Gate, Essex (now Greater London). She started her career as a glamour model. Laurence Olivier chose her to play the prime female role in the...
Actrees, born Josephine Edwina Jacques at 125 High Street, Sandgate, Kent. She featured in some of the most successful British radio and television programmes and films. On radio she was in ITMA, E...
Merged with the Heritage Foundation.
Screenwriter and novelist. Born on 12 August 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He's the one who first said "Nobody knows anything" in reference to predicting which films will be successful. He died ...
Film company famous for its Gothic horror genre. Prominent during the 1960/70s. Peter Cushing and Sir Chistopher Lee starred in many of their Dracula and Frankenstein films. It ceased production in...
April 2016: Our colleague Alan Patient reports that this plaque is now lost, or, at the very least hidden, behind the large "White Space...
Wilmington House is the building to the right which continues around the corner into Highbury Crescent. The description of Hubbard as as...
The gateway was originally located at the entrance to St George's Hospital when it was at Hyde Park Corner. The Public Monuments & Sc...
Engineer and creator of the Dartford Remembered Facebook page.
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
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