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Plaque

Dame Anna Neagle and Herbert Wilcox

Erection date: 1996

Inscription

Dame Anna Neagle - actress, Herbert Wilcox - producer and director, together they helped to make Elstree and Borehamwood 'The British Hollywood'.
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema, 1996.
In association with The British Film Institute.

Site: Imperial Studios (2 memorials)

WD6, Elstree Way, Imperial Place

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dame Anna Neagle and Herbert Wilcox

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Anna Neagle

Actor. Born Florence Marjorie Robertson in Forest Gate, Essex. After appearin...

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Herbert Wilcox

Film producer and director. Born Herbert Sydney Wilcox at Norwood. He fought ...

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Elstree Film Studios

The studios have a complex history: Elstree Studios is a generic term which c...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dame Anna Neagle and Herbert Wilcox

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British Film Institute

In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centena...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Dame Anna Neagle and Herbert Wilcox

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Imperial Studios

Imperial Studios

Imperial Place (A Capital & Counties plc development, 1992) site of the B...

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