Louis Winogradsky Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sir Lew (later Lord) Grade, the English entertainment impresario who critics loved to disparage as Sir Low Grade," was born Louis Winogradsky on December 25, 1906 in Tokmak, Ukraine, in the former Russian Empire. His parents Olga and Isaac, who were Jewish, emigrated to England in 1912 to escape the pogroms of their native land. The settled in ...
Isaak and Olga Winogradsky, *Isaak Winogradsky, *Olga Eisenstadt
Siblings
Bernard Delfont and Leslie Grade, *Bernard Delfont, *Leslie Grade , * Rita Grade Freeman , *Michael Grade
Star Sign
Capricorn
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[on Space: 1999] Variety says it will run till 1999. I'll settle for 1989. In the second year we'll make a lot of money. [The series aired between 1975 and 1978, and the second season was its last.]
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[on Judy Garland] Judy Garland was trouble. She was also probably the greatest female performer the world has ever known, so we just had to weather it. We never knew if she was going to show up for a performance. She always did, eventually, but we often had to hold up the curtain for her.
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[on Mario Lanza] He was neurotic and you never knew if he'd turn up on time. I had to keep flattering him, telling him how wonderful he was.
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I intend to produce more feature films than any major studio in the world. I am only 68 and just beginning. By the time I am 70 British films will rule the world.
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All my shows are great. Some of them are bad, but they're all great.
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I know what the public want because I am one of them.
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[on Raise the Titanic] "It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic."
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Fact
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Jim Henson modeled the Muppet Dr. Bunsen Honeydew after Lord Grade as a show of gratitude for financing "The Muppet Show." Lord Grade was delighted.
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Disparaging critics loved to have fun with his name by calling him "Sir Low Grade".
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Lew and Kathleen adopted a son Paul Dancer in his youth. Was World Charleston Champion of 1926.
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