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Lew Grade (1906-1998) was a dancer, talent agent, and media proprietor who founded ITC Entertainment and ATV. He produced popular shows such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Prisoner, and The Muppet Show.
Sir Lew (later Lord) Grade, the English entertainment impresario whom critics loved to disparage as "Sir Low Grade," was born Louis Winogradsky on December 25, 1906, in Tokmak, Ukraine, in the former Russian Empire.
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Lew Grade was a prominent entertainment impresario who founded ITC Entertainment and ATV, and produced shows like The Saint, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds, and Jesus of Nazareth. He was also a talent agent, a movie producer, and a peer of the realm.
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Dec 14, 2012 · Lew Grade, a titan of the British entertainment industry, died Sunday in London at age 91. For many years, he was a colorful fixture at the Cannes Film.
1978 THROWBACK: "LEW GRADE". Lord Grade is shown at work in London and Hollywood, organizing a charity gala attended by the Queen of England, and working at home; Julie Andrews and Shirley ...
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Dec 14, 1998 · FOR OVER 70 years Lew Grade was a leading figure in British show business. While still in his teens he had become a dancer specialising in the Charleston. Even when he was in his sixties he...
"Lew Grade was the last of the old-time media moguls a genuine show business tycoon. From humble Jewish immigrant beginnings in east London, he became the world Charleston dance champion (and could dance it well into his eighties), from which he drifted into theatrical agenting, at which he discovered he was extremely good.
