Born Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Actor. George Bernard Shaw wrote his play Saint Joan with her in mind. Created Dame of the British Empire in 1931. She was married to the actor Sir Lewis Casson. Died at her flat at 98 Swan Court, Chelsea. Buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Dame Sybil Thorndike
English Heritage Dame Sybil Thorndike, 1882-1976, actress, lived here, 1921-...
George Bernard Shaw wrote his play Saint Joan with Thorndike in mind, and thi...
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Dame Sybil Thorndike
{Top plaque:} John Dower - Architect A. T. Rowley Ltd - Builders 1934 {Middl...
Author and screenwriter. Born Imre Josef Pressburger at 3 St Peter's Street, Miskolc, Hungary. He moved to Berlin in 1926 to work as a journalist and scriptwriter. In 1935 he came to Britain and in...
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 ...
Make-up artist. He worked on some of the most notable films of the 20th century, including Alec Guinness as Fagin in David Lean's 'Oliver Twist'. Worked for Kubrick on the three incarnations of Pet...
Lutheran pastor and theologian. 1933 - 35 he was a pastor at two German speaking London churches: German Evangelical Church - Sydenham and the German Reformed Church of St Paul's - Whitechapel. Bo...
Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London. Designer of 54 London churches, of which 13 were destroyed in the Blitz. Part of one of his churches, St Antholin, has ended up in an unexpected location...
Soldier. Born Benjamin Handley Geary. He was a second lieutenant attached to the 1st battalion of the East Surrey Regiment. In April 1915 on Hill 60 near Ypres, he led his men across exposed open g...
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