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Lew Grade, Baron Grade, OStJ (born Lev Winogradsky; 25 December 1906 – 13 December 1998) was a Russian-born British media proprietor and impresario.Originally a dancer, and later a talent agent, Grade's interest in television production began in 1954 when he founded the Incorporated Television Company (ITC; commonly known as ITC Entertainment) to distribute programmes, and following the ...
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Dec 15, 1998 · Remembering Lew Grade. Roger Ebert December 15, 1998. Tweet. 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 Festival, where after the box office failure of his film " Raise the Titanic !" he held a press conference to announce, "It would ...
Lew Grade was an English entertainment impresario who produced TV shows, movies and music in the UK and abroad. He founded a talent agency, a production company and a TV network, and was knighted and made a life peer. He produced The Saint, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds, The Muppet Show and more.
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- December 13, 1998
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Lew Grade. 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. His parents, Olga and Isaac, who were Jewish, emigrated to England in 1912 to escape the pogroms of their native land.
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Lew Grade, Baron Grade, was a Russian-born British media proprietor and impresario. Originally a dancer, and later a talent agent, Grade's interest in television production began in 1954 when he founded the Incorporated Television Company to distribute programmes, and following the success of The Adventures of Robin Hood decided to focus on bringing them to the American market.
Dec 14, 1998 · Lew Grade, an immigrant boy from the slums of London's East End who rose to become Britain's biggest impresario of popular entertainment, died here today at the age of 91. Founder of Britain's ...
Mar 8, 2024 · Lew Grade, Baron Grade of Elstree (born December 25, 1906, Tokmak, Russia—died December 13, 1998, London, England) was a Russian-born British motion picture, television, and theatrical producer. The son of a Jewish tailor’s assistant, he immigrated with his family to England in 1912 and dropped out of school at age 14 to help in the family ...
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