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Person    | Female  Born 7/4/1903  Died 25/5/1999

Fredda Brilliant

Categories: Cinema, Sculpture, Theatre

Countries: Australia, Poland

Fredda Brilliant

Polish actor and sculptor. 1924 emigrated with her parents to Australia. Moved to New York and then while in Moscow in 1935 married Herbert Marshall and changed her name to his. 1937 they moved to London and co-wrote the 1940 film The Proud Valley. They went on to live in India and then the USA.

She sounds an early feminist, refusing to work with Picasso when he sexually harassed her and expressing a wish to depict more women since they also need to be remembered.

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Fredda Brilliant

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Gandhi statue - Bloomsbury

This seatless statue belongs to the select group of seated London statues - s...

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Moulin Cinema

Moulin Cinema

Cinema. Originally opened by Montagu Pyke in 1910 as the Piccadilly Cinematograph Theatre. It went through several name changes, before being called (in French) after the nearby Windmill Theatre. I...

Building, Cinema

1 memorial
Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Born as Harry Webb in India. Starred with Olivier in Dave Clark's Time. The Shadows were his backing group.

Person, Cinema, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, India

2 memorials
Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Actor.  Born Paddington.  Her parents are the actors Eric Thompson and Scottish actor Phyllida Law.  Married first Kenneth Branagh and then Greg Wise, both actors.

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Wilfrid Brambell

Wilfrid Brambell

Actor Born Dublin.  Played the 'dirty old man' in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son' with Harry H. Corbett and Paul McCartney's granddad in 'A hard day's night'.  Died in Westminster.

Person, Cinema, Humour, TV & Radio, Ireland

1 memorial
Nina Boucicault

Nina Boucicault

English actor. Born into a theatrical family, she began acting as a child. She was the first to play the title role in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, beginning in 1904. Died Hamilton Road, Ealing.

Person, Cinema, Theatre

1 memorial