Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

Character actor. Born Edinburgh. Only became a professional actor aged about 30. Worked in Shakespeare at the Old Vic and then spent the 1950s making many British films, such as the 1954 The Belles...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, Scotland

1 memorial
Michael Simkins

Michael Simkins

A prominent show business lawyer who apparently had an obituary in The Times (to which we don't have access). Son of G. Simkins. Michael owned the property in which his brother, Roger, ran the High...

Person, Cinema, Property, Theatre

1 memorial
Sir Donald Sinden

Sir Donald Sinden

Actor. Born Donald Alfred Sinden in Plymouth. Renowned for his rich voice, he excelled in all genres of acting. On stage he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the cinema he appeared ...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Lady Slingsby
1 memorial
Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith

Author and playwright, Born Lancashire. Wrote 'The Hundred and One Dalmations' and 'I Capture the Castle'.  Born Lancashire but in 1910 her mother remarried and they moved to London. Did some acti...

Person, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, CH, DBE.

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, CH, DBE.

Actress. Margaret Natalie Smith, known professionally as Maggie Smith, was born on 28 December 1934 in Ilford, Essex, the youngest of the three children of Nathaniel Smith (1902-1991) and Margaret ...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, TV & Radio, USA

1 memorial
Society of West End Theatre/London Theatre

Society of West End Theatre/London Theatre

1908 Formed as West End Theatre Managers. 1976 By now it is called Society of West End Theatre. 1994 Renamed Society of London Theatre.

Group, Theatre

17 memorials
Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre

Arts centre. Oversees the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Saison Poetry Library, and the Arts Council Collection.

Group, Music / songs, Theatre

2 memorials
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