Dilys Powell
(1901-1995)
British film critic and writer
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Elizabeth Dilys Powell, CBE (20 July 1901 – 3 June 1995) was an English film critic who wrote for The Sunday Times for over fifty years. Powell was noted for her receptiveness to cultural change in the cinema and coined many classic phrases about films and actors. She was one of the founder members of the Independent Television Authority (ITA), which launched commercial television in the UK, and also served as the second female President of the Classical Association. Powell was also the author of several books on films and her travels in Greece.
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20 July 1901 Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
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3 June 1995 (aged 93) London, England
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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