Arthur Askey: For decades, the British comedian was a vaudeville, radio, and television celebrity in his home country. Never an international name, Askey was also featured in a handful of…
Jean Kent in ‘Madonna of the Seven Moons.’ Jean Kent: British film star and ‘Last of the Gainsborough Girls’ dead at 92 News outlets and tabloids – little difference these…
Kathleen Byron, best-remembered as the sex-obsessed nun in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Black Narcissus, died on Jan. 18. She was 88 (or 86, depending on the source) and is…
British cinematographer, director, and film and television producer Monty Berman, whose television series The Saint became an international hit, died in London last June 14. His obit was reported in…
Tiefland Leni Riefenstahl auction in England The BBC reports that 33 original photographs taken during the shooting of Tiefland (Lowlands), the last feature film directed by and starring Leni Riefenstahl,…