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.
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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 Derek George Jacobi in Leytonstone. He was invited by Sir Laurence Olivier to be a founder member of the Royal National Theatre. Probably best known for playing the eponymous lead in th...
Model and porn actor. Born Mary Ruth Quilter, she came to fame in the long-running soft-porn film 'Come Play With Me'. However, she soon found herself being replaced by younger models, which led to...
Television and film producer. Born Malcolm Gordon Craddock, London. Began making films while at university. Produced TV commercials for 14 years. Co-founder of Picture Palace, the television produc...
Naval officer. Governor of Greenwich Hospital 1720 to his death, there.
This could equally well be Caxton (they are both always shown with this headgear, full beard and moustache) but the lack of sideburns see...
Nicknamed "little America", the association of Grosvenor Square with America began when John Adams, later President, moved to this addres...
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