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...
Film producer. Born Sandor Kellner in Hungary. Worked in film in Hungary, Austria and Germany and then in Hollywood 1926-30. He then moved to Britain where he became a leading figure in the film i...
Actor and director. Born New Jersey. Artistic director of the Old Vic theatre since 2003.
Film producer and director. Born Herbert Sydney Wilcox at Norwood. He fought in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I and entered film production in 1922. He specialised in romantic, light-hearted ...
Comic actor, born as Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Finchley, Middlesex. He performed with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during World War II and went on to work on radio and ...
Actor, singer and songwriter. Born at 230 High Street, Hackney. He played the Artful Dodger in David Lean's 1948 film of Oliver Twist, and on television he was in the impenetrably surreal 1960 come...
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