Search results
Lew Grade, Baron Grade, OStJ (born Lev Winogradsky; 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.
- December 25, 1906
- December 13, 1998
Lew Grade was a British entertainment impresario who founded ITC Entertainment and produced The Muppet Show, Jesus of Nazareth and more. He was knighted and made a life peer for his services to international trade and show business.
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Producer, Additional Crew
Dec 15, 1998 · Roger Ebert recounts how Billy Baxter, a Cannes legend, convinced Lew Grade, a British entertainment mogul, to take him and his friends on a yacht cruise. He also shares some anecdotes about Grade's life, career and personality.
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. At age 20 he changed his.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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...
People also ask
What does Lew Grade do?
Who is Sir Lew Grade?
Who are Lew Grade & Leslie Grade?
How did Lew Grade become famous?
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.
