The Grades : First Family of British Entertainment
By Hunter DaviesOlga Winogradsky arrived in the East End of London from Russia on 1912 with her husband and two small boys. Her three sons Lew [Lord Grade], Bernard [Lord Delfont] and Leslie started at the bottom of the bill, in life and on the stage with Lew and Bernard starting as Charleston dancers. They became agents, then impresarios, finally film and TV moguls controlling vast entertainment and leisure empires, emerging as the most powerful show business family in Britain and Europe
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- 268 pages
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