Person
Dilys Powell
Acting · 1901–1995
Biography
Elizabeth Dilys Powell, CBE - 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.
Known for
Small World
Self
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
The Man with No Name
Self
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Self
Filmography
- 1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
- 1977The Man with No NameSelf
- 1974Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. HardySelf
- 1958Small WorldSelf
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