Anthony Asquith (1902–1968) by Howard Coster, 1935 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Asquith, Anthony (1902–1968)
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Asquith, Anthony (1902–1968), film director and aesthete
D. J. Wenden
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Asquith, Anthony (1902–1968), film director and aesthete, was born on 9 November 1902 in London, the youngest son of Herbert Henry Asquith, first earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928), the Liberal statesman and future prime minister, and his second wife, Margaret Emma Alice (Margot) Asquith (1864–1945)...
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Berger, John Peter (1926–2017), art critic, novelist, and film-maker
Colin MacCabe
Berger, John Peter (1926–2017), art critic, novelist, and film-maker, was born at 1 Filey Avenue, Clapton, London, on 5 November 1926, the elder son of Stanley Joseph Docking Berger (1893–1976), secretary of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants, and his wife ...
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Berger, John Peter (1926-2017)
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John Berger (1926-2017), by Eamonn McCabe, 1999
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Biggar [married name Montlake], Helen Manson (1909–1953), sculptor, film-maker, theatre designer, and political activist
Douglas J. Allen
Biggar [married name Montlake], Helen Manson (1909–1953), sculptor, film-maker, theatre designer, and political activist, was born on 25 May 1909 at Dudley Drive, Hyndland, Glasgow, the eldest of three daughters of Hugh and Florence Biggar. She grew up in a socialist household, her father being a Christian socialist and founder member of the ...
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Biggar, Helen Manson (1909–1953)
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Helen Manson Biggar (1909–1953) by Benno Schotz, 1932 Christie's Images Ltd. (2004)
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Boty [married name Goodwin], Pauline Veronica (1938–1966)
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Pauline Veronica Boty (1938–1966), by Lewis Morley, 1958
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Boty [married name Goodwin], Pauline Veronica (1938–1966), artist and actress
Mark Stocker and Natalie Smith
Boty [married name Goodwin], Pauline Veronica (1938–1966), artist and actress, was born at 12 Dingwall Avenue, Croydon, south London, on 6 March 1938, the daughter of Albert Alexandre Auguste Boty (1906–1993), a chartered accountant born in Iran with Belgian ancestry, and his wife, ...
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Box, John Allan Hyatt (1920–2005), film production designer
Catherine A. Surowiec
Box, John Allan Hyatt (1920–2005), film production designer, was born on 27 January 1920 at 80 Fordwych Road, Hampstead, London, the first child and elder son of Allan Cyril Box (1887–1974), a civil engineer then serving as a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers...
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Brown, Georgia (1933–1992), singer and actress
Roger Philip Mellor
Brown, Georgia (1933–1992), singer and actress, was born Lilian Claire Klot on 21 October 1933 at 24 Underwood Street, Whitechapel, London, the daughter of Mark Klot, formerly Kleotz (1904–1981), fur cutter and part-time bookmaker, and his wife, Annie, née Kirschenbaum (1906–1988). At the time of her birth registration her parents lived at ...
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Bryan, Dora [née Dora May Broadbent; married name Lawton] (1923–2014), actress
Frances Gray
Bryan, Dora [née Dora May Broadbent; married name Lawton] (1923–2014), actress, was born on 7 February 1923 in Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, the second child and first daughter of Albert Broadbent, a cotton yarn salesman and former private in the 5th North Lancashire regiment...
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Cattaneo, Ambrogio Antonio [Tony] (1927–2003), animator
Anne Pimlott Baker
Cattaneo, Ambrogio Antonio [Tony] (1927–2003), animator, was born on 15 February 1927 at 53 Hamilton Road, West Norwood, London, the son of Dante Cattaneo, a chef at the Savoy Hotel, originally from Gravedona, near Como, Italy, then living at 41 Burton Street, Euston Road, London...
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Ellenshaw, Peter (1913–2007), special effects artist and landscape painter
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Ellenshaw, Peter (1913–2007), special effects artist and landscape painter, was born William Samuel Cook Ellenshaw at 76 Chatham Road, Battersea, London, on 24 May 1913, the son of Adeline Eyles. His mother was named on his birth certificate as Alice Ellenshaw, formerly Eyles...
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Erulkar (married name de Normanville), Sarah (1923–2015), documentary film-maker
Melanie Bell
Erulkar (married name de Normanville), Sarah (1923–2015), documentary film-maker, was born on 2 May 1923 in Calcutta, India, the daughter of David Solomon Erulkar (1891-–1970), a barrister and later shipping controller for the government of India, and his wife, ...
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Ford, Michael Dickins (1928–2018), film set decorator
Anne Pimlott Baker
Ford, Michael Dickins (1928–2018), film set decorator, was born on 11 June 1928 at Orchard House, 40 Burntwood Lane, Caterham, Surrey, the son of Richard Dickins Lancelot Ford (1885–1961), estate surveyor, and the second of his three wives, Phyllis, née Mann...
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Gifford, Denis (1927–2000), cartoonist and film historian
Mary Cadogan
Gifford, Denis (1927–2000), cartoonist and film historian, was born on 26 December 1927 at 1 Bampton Road, Forest Hill, London, the son of William Thomas Benjamin Gifford, a lithographic printer, and his wife, Amelia Emma Rachel, née Hutchings. From his early pre-school years he showed his talent for drawing, and he claimed that from the age of three he had begun to collect and cherish comics. He was educated in ...
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Godfrey, Roland Frederick [Bob] (1921–2013), animator, director, and film-maker
Paul Wells
Godfrey, Roland Frederick [Bob] (1921–2013), animator, director, and film-maker, was born on 27 May 1921 in Horse Shoe Bend, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Roland Charles Godfrey, a Banbury operator employed in the making of chemical blends for motor vehicle tyres. Known throughout his life as ...
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Godfrey, Roland Frederick (1921–2013)
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Roland Frederick Godfrey (1921–2013) by Jack Lowe, c.2004 © Jack Lowe / The Bob Godfrey Collection
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Gold, Jacob Myer (Jack) (1930–2015), film and television director
Neil Sinyard
Gold, Jacob Myer (Jack) (1930–2015), film and television director, was born Jacob MyerCohen on 28 June 1930 at 37 Wellington Avenue, Tottenham, London, the son of Charles Cohen, an orchestral violinist, and his wife, Minnie, née Elberg. His parents had married in ...
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Green, (Phyllis) Pamela (1929–2010), model and actress
Justin Smith
Green, (Phyllis) Pamela (1929–2010), model and actress, was born on 28 March 1929 at 209 Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the only child of Leonard Henry Green (1902–1971), architect, and his Dutch wife, Catherine Hermance, née Dagevos (1903–1985). She left school at fourteen. From 1945 to 1947 she attended ...
