Born Daisyfield, West Hill, Wandsworth. Film director, best known for The Third Man (1949), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) and Oliver! (1968). Knighted in 1953. Illegitimate son of the actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and uncle to the actor Oliver Reed. Died at home, 213 Kings Road.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Carol Reed
This is the home where he died, 2 years earlier than the plaque would have it.
Film actor and singer. Born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape in Hornsey. Her father, a German businessman moved the family to Magdeburg. She studied at the dance and voice school of the Berlin Opera, taki...
Dancer, singer, actor. Born and died America. Brother and sister, Frederick and Adele Austerlitz, started as children as vaudeville performers. Between 1917 and 1932 they appeared in musical shows ...
Actor. Born Celia Elizabeth Johnson at 46 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey. Best known for her performance with Trevor Howard in the 1945 film 'Brief Encounter'; which, although it has been parodied...
Actor. Born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft in Croydon.
