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British Film Institute

British Film Institute

In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centenary of cinema. See the .

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Bob Hope

Bob Hope, actor and entertainer, born here, 29th May 1903. Commemorating the ...

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Cecil Hepworth - NW1

Cecil Hepworth (1874 - 1953) British film pioneer, lived in this house as a c...

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Cecil Hepworth - SE13

Cecil M. Hepworth, British film producer, born here 19th March 1874 Commemor...

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Charles Laughton - Elstree

Unveiled by Ralph Fiennes.

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Charlie Chaplin - Hanwell

The plaque is propped up behind the reception desk at Hanwell Community Centre

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Sir Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Balcon

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 Gal...

Person, Cinema

3 memorials
Lord Grade

Lord Grade

Born Louis Winogradsky (anglicised as Lew Grade) in Tokmak, near Odessa, Ukraine. In 1912 his family emigrated to London to escape antisemitism. He started his career as a dancer and arranged enter...

Person, Cinema, TV & Radio, Ukraine

1 memorial
Lord Richard Attenborough, CBE

Lord Richard Attenborough, CBE

Actor, director, producer. Born Cambridge. Older brother of TV wildlife presenter Sir David. Died, aged 90 years, on 24 August 2014.

Person, Benefactor, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

1 memorial
Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams

Comedy actor. Born Bingfield Street, N1. David Benson's 6 minute video of David Benson's Kenneth Williams walk showing the Argyle Square area of London where Kenneth grew up. And the BBC iPlayer ha...

Person, Cinema, Humour, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio

5 memorials
Professor Terry Knapp

Professor Terry Knapp

Actor, director, teacher, author. Born Hackney. Graduate of RADA. Invited by Olivier to be a founding member of the National Theatre. Professor of theatre at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Accordi...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, Hawaii

1 memorial