Count Dracula
Famous vampire created by Stoker as the eponymous hero (?) of his 1897 novel.
Famous vampire created by Stoker as the eponymous hero (?) of his 1897 novel.
Television and film production company and facilities provider. Â White Lodge on Ealing Green was first used for making films in 1902. Â Basil Dean acquired it in 1929 and, under the name Associated...
Formerly the Empire Music Hall, it still occasionally put on live stage shows. It closed as a cinema in 1968, and was converted into a short-lived bingo hall, before being demolished.
One of the largest former cinemas in Britain. It had seating for 3,000 and standing room for 1,000, plus a cafe, a ballroom and a stage big enough to accommodate an orchestra. As audiences dwindled...
The studios have a complex history:Â Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and defunct British film studios and television studios based in or around the towns of Bore...
UK Trade Union representing professional performers and other creative workers.
Group, Cinema, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Theatre, TV & Radio
Actor. Born Barry Joseph Evans in Guildford, Surrey. He was abandoned as a baby, and brought up at the orphanage boarding schools run by the Shaftesbury Homes. His acting break was as the lead char...
Actor. Born Edith Mary Evans at 12 Ebury Square. In a stage and screen career spanning sixty-six years, she appeared in many memorable productions. Her most famous role was probably that of Lady Br...
Film actor. Born in Southfields, London. Her career spanned over fifty years. Played Elizabeth the servant in Gaslight (1944). Her day of birth is given as 19 or 9, depending on source.
Born Australia. Actor. We are really only guessing that this is the Ronald Falk on the list of donors for the Olivier statue. We published this item in October 2010. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, h...
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