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- Actress
- Stunts
- Soundtrack
Lilian Harvey was born on January 19th, 1906 in London. Her mother was English and her father was German. When she was eight her family moved to Berlin shortly before the outbreak of WW1. She spent much of the war at school in Switzerland where she broadened her knowledge of languages and classical dance.
After graduating high school in Berlin, she worked in theatre revues before debuting in her first film "Der Fluch" for Robert Land. After many roles in silent films, UFA found great use for her acting, dancing and language skills in many famous light operettas made with the advent of sound. These highly popular films (usually co-starring Willy Fritsch, with whom she became irrevocably associated in the public's mind as the romantic dream-team of the European cinema) were usually made in three different languages at once. The cast would be switched around her for the various takes in German, French and English (Laurence Olivier had his first film role in one of her vehicles).
Her most successful film, 1931's "Der Kongress Tanzt"/"Le congress s'amuse"/"Congress Dances" led to a contract in Hollywood with the Fox Film Company. She dissolved this contract after a few pictures, walking out on a role that was filled by then-unknown Alice Faye and returning to UFA to be with director Paul Martin, with whom she was romantically involved. The Nazi regime had come to power in her absence and Lilian Harvey found it difficult to work under Goebbels.
She was instrumental in helping those persecuted by the Nazis escape until her film popularity waned and she was forced to escape as well. She eventually landed in the USA and spent most of WW2 in Los Angeles working as a volunteer nurse. Her former directors and co-workers like Michael Curtiz and Billy Wilder remained social contacts, but the stigma of having been UFA's biggest star of the early thirties kept her from reigniting her own film career. She did theatre work and continued to work on European stages after the war. She received war reparations in the early sixties and lived on the Riviera until her death on July 27th, 1968.- Mary Forbes was born on 1 January 1883 in Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK. She was an actress, known for You Can't Take It with You (1938), The Awful Truth (1937) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). She was married to Wesley Wall, Charles Quatermaine and Ernest J. Taylor. She died on 22 July 1974 in Beaumont, California, USA.
- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Art Director
Roy Oxley was born on 9 March 1905 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Portrait of a Lady (1968), The World of Tim Frazer (1960) and Poet's Pub (1949). He was married to Gladys Jones and Marjory Martin. He died in December 1980 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Sway DaSafo was born on 5 September 1982 in Hornsey, London, Greater London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), Need for Speed: Carbon (2006) and The Grind (2012).- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Jazzie B was born on 26 January 1963 in Hornsey Rise, London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Black Rain (1989), The World's End (2013) and His House (2020). He is married to Efua Baker. They have two children.- Sound Department
Brian Marshall was born in 1930 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. He is known for Superman (1978), The Living Daylights (1987) and The Avengers (1961). He has been married to Doreen Jones since 1960.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Walter J. Harvey was born on 9 February 1903 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. Walter J. was a cinematographer, known for The Avengers (1961), Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952) and Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937). Walter J. was married to Nancy Sherry. Walter J. died in 1979 in London, England, UK.- Monica Merlin was born on 6 March 1905 in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Repulsion (1965), Armchair Theatre (1956) and Festival (1963). She died on 9 November 1985 in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Art Director
Hylton R. Oxley was born on 9 March 1905 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. Hylton R. was an art director, known for The Gang (1938), Seeing Is Believing (1934) and This'll Make You Whistle (1936). Hylton R. died in 1980 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK.- Composer
- Actress
- Music Department
Madeleine Dring was born on 7 September 1923 in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, UK. She was a composer and actress, known for ITV Television Playhouse (1955), Waiting for ITMA (1947) and Drama 61-67 (1961). She died on 26 March 1977 in London, England, UK.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actress
Lindsay Cooper was born on 3 March 1951 in Hornsey, England, UK. She was a composer and actress, known for Orlando (1992), The Gold Diggers (1983) and Spy Trap (1972). She died on 18 September 2013 in London, England, UK.- Edward Reach was born on 17 February 1901 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Jolly Farmers (1930) and Variety on View (1946). He died on 6 March 1950 in Hendon, London, England, UK.
- Eric Keown was born on 2 July 1904 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Ghost Goes West (1935). He was married to Cicely Ritchie. He died on 15 February 1963 in Worplesdon, Surrey, England, UK.
- Reginald Hargreaves was born on 5 February 1888 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Reunion (1932), The Hills Are Calling (1914) and The Dead Heart (1914). He died in 1974 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Con Courtney was born on 27 February 1891 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hancock's Half Hour (1956), Mister Charlesworth (1957) and Television Playwright (1958). He died on 17 February 1959 in Banstead, Surrey, England, UK.
- Charles Leslie was born on 28 June 1893 in South Hornsey, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Mikado (1926). He was married to Nancy Ray. He died on 19 October 1953 in Putney, London, England, UK.
- Buck Hurst was born on 24 December 1908 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. He died on 5 December 1957 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Louise Tinsley was born on 17 February 1861 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Won (1932) and Captivation (1931). She died on 14 November 1939 in Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Elsie Winsor was born on 23 April 1907 in Hornsey, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Frustrated Wives (1974), Fanny by Gaslight (1981) and You and the World (1964). She was married to Reg Lever. She died on 26 August 1997 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK.