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Lew Grade, Baron Grade, OStJ (born Lev Winogradsky; [2] 25 December 1906 – 13 December 1998) was a Russian -born British media proprietor and impresario.
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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- December 13, 1998
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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- London, England, UK
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- Producer, Additional Crew
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!"
Lew Grade, Baron Grade of Elstree 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 business.
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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 would...
Dec 19, 2019 · The occasion was a gala all-star special, organized for television broadcast, called A Salute to Sir Lew Grade: The Master Showman. Grade was also a master businessman, having outmaneuvered...
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