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Dinah Sheridan (born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg; 17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) [1] was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films Genevieve (1953) and The Railway Children (1970), the long-running BBC comedy series Don't Wait Up (1983–1990), and for her distinguished theatre career in London's West End.
Welwyn Garden City (/ ˈ w ɛ l ɪ n / WEL-in) is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) from Kings Cross, London. Founded in 1920, Welwyn Garden City was the second garden city in England. [1] In 1948, it was designated one of the first new towns under the New Towns Act 1946.
The Railway Children is a 1970 British family drama film based on the 1906 novel of the same name by E. Nesbit.The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter (who had earlier featured in the BBC's 1968 dramatisation of the novel), Sally Thomsett, Gary Warren and Bernard Cribbins in leading roles.
Where No Vultures Fly is a 1951 British adventure film directed by Harry Watt and starring Anthony Steel and Dinah Sheridan. It was released under the title Ivory Hunter in the United States. [ 2 ] The film was inspired by the work of the conservationist Mervyn Cowie . [ 3 ]
The design of the Welwyn Garden City factory was inspired by an existing one in Niagara Falls, USA, also operated by the Shredded Wheat Company of America. Two buildings were operational at the time of its opening: a southern grain silo complex of 18 silos, and a western three–storey production area.
29 April – Welwyn Garden City established by Ebenezer Howard. The first house is occupied just before Christmas. [5] 7 May – Morecambe F.C. is founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade. 10 May – Forty Irish republican prisoners on hunger strike at Wormwood Scrubs are released.
This is too great a task for one man, and the film has suffered in consequence. In spite of this, and an uneasiness on the part of the players in becoming hysterical, the film manages to be entertaining in its own harrowing way. Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Hanley promise well for the future and the support is quietly competent." [3]
Paul Temple's Triumph is a 1950 British second feature ('B') [1] crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Jack Livesey. [2] It was the third in the series of four Paul Temple films made at Nettlefold Studios [1] and was an adaptation by Francis Durbridge and A. R. Rawlinson of Durbridge's radio serial News of Paul Temple (1939).