Find A Grave - Golders Green Jewish Cemetery

Adams, Jonathan b. February 14, 1931 d. June 13, 2005
Actor. A prolific television and stage actor with numerous appearances to his credit, he is best known for the role of 'Dr Everett Scott' in the motion picture version of cult film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in 1974. He had originally played the part of 'The Narrator' in the London, England stage production. (Bio by: Jeff J)
Cause of death: Stroke
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Belisha, Leslie Hore b. September 7, 1893 d. February 16, 1957
British Liberal Party politician, known as "England's Dreyfus.". Isaac Leslie Belisha was the only son of Jacob Isaac Belisha, the manager of an insurance company, and his wife, Elizabeth Miriam Miers. His father died when Leslie was less than one year old, and his mother did not re-marry until 1912. When she did do so, to Sir Charles Adair Hore, Leslie added his stepfather's surname to his own. Leslie Hore-Belisha was educated at Clifton College in Bristol and, briefly, at the Sorbonne and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Plot: R WL 51
du Pré, Jacqueline b. January 26, 1945 d. October 19, 1987
Acclaimed Cellist, Musical Pordigy. At the age of ten, she studied under William Pleeth. She then studied with Casals, Tortelier and Rostropovich. In 1965, she recorded the Elgar Concerto with Sir John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra, establishing her stardom. She went on to play with many of the worlds greatest musicians. Her friendship with Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zuckerman, led to the famous film by Christopher Nupen of their Schubert "Trout"...[Read More] (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Fishman, Jack b. July 14, 1920 d. April 10, 1997
British journalist, author and songwriter. Won the first Ivor Novello Award in 1955 for the song "Everywhere." By 1971 his songs had sold more than 10 million records across the globe. (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Goodman, Julia b. December 12, 1812 d. December 30, 1906
A "granddaughter" of Sir Joshua Reynolds (she studied under one of his pupils), Goodman began by copying works of the old masters, but moved on to successful portrait painting. She exhibited at Royal Academy shows for 51 years before dying at the age of 94.
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Gryn, Hugo b. June 28, 1930 d. August 18, 1996
Famed rabbi and radio broadcaster. Born in Czechoslovakia into a prosperous Jewish family he worked in business in the market town of Berehovo. In 1938 Hungarian troops moved into Berehovo. Then, in 1939 they were replaced by the German Army. In 1944 the Jews in the town were forced into the ghetto. Six weeks later the Gryn family were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Hugo and his mother survived but his brother and father both died whilst in the camp. After the war Gryn emigrated...[Read More] (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Guedalla, Philip b. March 12, 1869 d. December 16, 1944
In the opening scene of Anthony Shaffer's film "Sleuth", Andrew Wyke (played by Sir Laurence Olivier) asks Milo Tindle (Michael Caine), "Do you agree that the detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds? I'm quoting from Philip Guedalla, a biographer of the thirties, that golden age when every Cabinet Minister had a thriller by his bedside and all detectives were titled". Philip Guedalla was educated at Rugby and at Balliol College in Oxford, where he was the President of the Union...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Plot: Row 50, Graves 8 & 9
Jacobson, Maurice b. January 1, 1896 d. February 2, 1976
Noted British composer, musician, arranger and festival adjudicator. Remembered primarily as a composer of church music he also produced a number of compositions which include "The Bear's Song," "The Roman Road" and "Boys Classifiable," as well as various folksong arrangements and music for BBC radio productions. (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Kaufman, Maurice b. January 1, 1928 d. 1997
British Actor. He was married to actress, Honor Blackman. Film and television credits include "Bless This House," "The Vault of Horror," "The Abominable Dr. Phibes," "Fright," "The Saint," "The Avengers,""Danger Man," "Crossroads," "A Shot in the Dark,""The Protectors," "Dixon of Dock Green," "Gorgo,""The Adventures of Robin Hood," "The Vise,""Ivanhoe," "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan,""The Count of Monte Cristo," and "The Quatermass Experiment." (Bio by: Genet)
Cause of death: Cancer
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Labovitch, Neville b. February 20, 1927 d. April 13, 2002
Acclaimed British architect and organiser of both high profile royal and public events. One of the greatest impresarios of special occasions in twentieth century London, his works ranged from the now legendary Pavarotti concerts in Hyde Park to the greatest children's party ever produced, in 1979 during the International Year of the Child. The queen relied on Labovitch to stage manage the great events of the Silver Jubilee Year(1977). He was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Proops (Rayle), Marjorie (Rebecca Marjorie) 'Marje' b. 1911 d. November 10, 1996
Marjorie Proops was the best known "agony aunt" in Great Britain, the equivalent of Ann Landers or Dear Abby. She was born in East London, the daughter of Alfred Rayle, and his wife Martha, and was educated at Dalston Secondary School. In 1935, she married Sidney Joseph Proops. They had one son, Robert. She began her career in journalism in 1939, as the fashion correspondent of the Daily Mirror. A few years after that, however, her colleague on the problem page died, and Marje (as she was...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Rachlin, Ezra b. 1915 d. January 21, 1995
Musician and Conductor. He began his career as a pianist at the age of just three. During four years of intensive study with Josef Hofmann at the Curtis Institute of Music, he toured the USA and was chosen to be the first soloist under Leopold Stokowski in the Philadelphia Orchestra Youth Concerts. He began studies in conducting under Fritz Reiner in 1935 and by 1937 had decided to devote all his time to conducting. He subsequently became the Musical Director of the Philadelphia Opera Company...[Read More] (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Rietti, Victor b. March 1, 1888 d. December 4, 1963
Actor. He was born in Ferrara, Italy and London, England. He was father of actor Robert Rietty and grandfather of Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Jonathan Rietti. His film and television credits include"Village of Daughters," "The Story of Esther Costello," "The Naked Truth," "A Man ABout The House," "Room for Two," "21 Days," "Mr. H.C. Anderson," "Juggernaut," "Two Hearts in Harmony,""The Saint," and "The Jack Benny Program." (Bio by: Genet)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Rosenthal, Jack b. September 8, 1931 d. May 29, 2004
Prolific British scriptwriter and producer. The winner of three BAFTA awards, Jack Rosenthal wrote several early episodes of "Coronation Street" and the play that was turned into TV drama "London's Burning". During the 1970s Jack Rosenthal was widely acclaimed as one of Britain's finest small-screen dramatists in what was seen as a golden age of TV plays. Three of his best known works "Bar Mitzvah Boy", "The Evacuees" and "Spend, Spend, Spend" won back-to-back British Academy awards. Other...[Read More] (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Rozsa, Vera b. May 16, 1917 d. October 15, 2010
Opera Singer. A mezzo soprano, she followed her time on stage with a distinguished career as a voice teacher. Raised in Budapest by her musical family, she studied at that city's Franz Liszt Academy originally intending to become a conductor, though she switched to singing due to a weakness in composition and counterpoint. During World War II she hid in the Swedish Embassy where she worked providing false travel documents for her fellow Hungarian Jews and was instrumental in saving a number of...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Segal, Erich b. June 16, 1937 d. January 17, 2010
Author, Screenwriter. Born Erich Wolf Segal in Brooklyn, the son of a rabbi, he attended Midwood High School and traveled abroad to Switzerland where he took summer courses. He was educated at Harvard, where he studied Poetry and Latin, attaining a Master's degree and Doctorate. He was serving as a classics professor at Yale University when he co-wrote the script for The Beatles' 1968 animated film "Yellow Submarine". The following year he penned his best-selling novel "Love Story", which...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Setty (Seti), Stanley (Sulman) b. 1903 d. October 4, 1949
"In loving memory of Stanley Setty, who died 4th. October 1949. Deeply mourned by his sister, brothers, relations and friends." Sulman Seti was born in Baghdad in Iraq, of Jewish parents. After the War, he became involved in various illegal activities, such as acquiring and selling stolen cars, and forging petrol coupons. His partner in crime was Brian Donald Hume who, in 1941, had been invalided out of the R.A.F., suffering from meningitis. A quarrel broke out between the two of them...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Cause of death: Murdered (stabbed)
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Plot: Row 57, grave No. 11
Shelton, Joy b. June 3, 1922 d. January 28, 2000
Joy Shelton was born in London. She joined RADA at the age of sixteen and made her stage debut in Brighton, two years later. Her first film, in 1943, was "Millions Like Us" ; her second was the one for which she is best remembered, as the wife in "Waterloo Road", torn between John Mills and Stewart Granger. From 1947 to 1953, she played the wife of the eponymous policeman (Brian Reece) in "P.C. 49" on B.B.C radio, a role she repeated in the film version. In 1944, she married the actor, Sydney...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Cause of death: Emphysema
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Plot: At the rear of the cemetery, in Row 83
Tafler, Sydney b. July 31, 1916 d. November 8, 1979
A well-known British character actor, in many films from 1947 onwards, notably "The Lavender Hill Mob", "Passport to Pimlico", "A Kid for Two Farthings", and "The Birthday Party", in which he played Nat Goldberg. His final film role was in 1977, as the captain in "The Spy Who Loved Me", with Roger Moore as James Bond. In the same year, he played the father in "Oy Vay Maria", an hilarious play on B.B.C television about the love affair between a Jewish boy and an Irish Catholic girl. He is buried...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Cause of death: Cancer
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Golders Green, Greater London, England
Plot: at the rear of the cemetery, in Row 83

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