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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.
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- Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden, London
- Russian (1906–1912), British (1912–1998)
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.
- December 25, 1906
- December 13, 1998
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!"
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Producer. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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.
- Producer, Additional Crew
- December 25, 1906
- Lew Grade
- December 13, 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 would ...
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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 ...
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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