London blue plaques

Film & Theatre

82 of the 1,001 English Heritage blue plaques on this map are classified as Film & Theatre. The earliest was erected in 1911, the most recent in 2024. They are most concentrated in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Islington and Lambeth. Every name below links to that plaque's page, with its inscription, address and location on the map.

• Alfred Hitchcock 1899–1980 · Film director · 153 Cromwell Road, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 · erected 1999
• Ava Gardner 1922–1990 · Actor · 34 Ennismore Gardens · erected 2016
• Charlie Chaplin 1889–1977 · Comic genius · Glenshaw Mansions, Brixton Road · erected 2017
• Boris Karloff 1887–1969 · Actor · 36 Forest Hill Road, East Dulwich, Southwark, SE22 · erected 1998
• Charles Laughton 1899–1962 · Actor · 15 Percy Street, Camden, W1 · erected 1992
• Derek Jarman 1942–1994 · Film director · Butler's Wharf Building, 36 Shad Thames · erected 2019
• Edward R. Murrow 1908–1965 · Broadcaster · 84 Hallam Street, Westminster
• Peggy Ashcroft 1907–1991 · 1A Tirlemont Road, South Croydon · erected 2024
• Alastair Sim 1900–1976 · Actor · 8 Frognal Gardens · erected 2008
• Alexander Korda 1893–1956 · Film producer · 21/22 Grosvenor Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 2002
• Arthur Lucan 1887–1954 · Entertainer · 11 Forty Lane, Wembley Brent · erected 1978
• Bud Flanagan 1896–1968 · Comedian · 12 Hanbury Street, Tower Hamlets, E1 · erected 1996
• Celia Johnson 1908–1982 · Actor · Petersham Road, Richmond
• Dan Leno 1860–1904 · Music hall comedian · 56 Akerman Road, Lambeth, SW9 · erected 1962
• David Garrick 1717–1779 · Actor · Garrick's Villa, Hampton Court Road, Richmond-upon-Thames · erected 1970
• David Garrick 1768–1774 · Actor · The Adelphi, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1952
• Dorothea Jordan 1762–1816 · Actor · 30 Cadogan Place · erected 1975
• Edith Evans 1888–1976 · Actor · 109 Ebury Street, Victoria, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1997
• Ellen Terry 1847–1928 · Actor · 22 Barkston Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 · erected 1951
• Frederick Ashton 1904–1988 · Choreographer · 8 Marlborough Street, Chelsea · erected 2016
• George Grossmith 1847–1912 · Actor · 28 Dorset Square · erected 1963
• Herbert Beerbohm Tree 1853–1917 · Actor-manager · 31 Rosary Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1950
• Marie Lloyd 1870–1922 · Music hall artiste · 55 Graham Road, E8 Hackney · erected 1977
• Albert Chevalier 1861–1923 · Music hall comedian · 17 St Anns Villas · erected 1965
• Anne Oldfield 1683–1730 · Actor · 60 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, Westminster · erected 1992
• Charles Wyndham 1837–1919 · Actor-manager · 20 York Terrace East, Westminster, NW1 · erected 1962
• Collins Music Hall 1862–1958 · Music hall · 10-11 Islington Green, Islington, N1 · erected 1968
• David Devant 1868–1941 · Magician · Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, Camden, NW3 · erected 2003
• first regular high definition television service Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, N22 Haringey · erected 1977
• Fred Russell 1862–1957 · Father of modern ventriloquism · Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, Putney · erected 2009
• G. P. O. Film Unit 1933–1943 · Pioneer of documentary film making · 47 Bennett Park, Blackheath · erected 2000
• George Alexander 1858–1918 · Actor-manager · 57 Pont Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW1 · erected 1951
• George Devine 1910–1966 · Actor · 9 Lower Mall, Hammersmith · erected 1992
• George Grossmith Junior 1874–1935 · Actor-manager · 3 Spanish Place · erected 1963
• George Leybourne 1842–1884 · Music hall comedian · 136 Englefield Road, Islington, N1 · erected 1970
• Gerald du Maurier 1873–1934 · Actor-manager · Cannon Hall, 14 Cannon Place, Camden, NW3 · erected 1967
• Grace Wyndham Goldie 1900–1986 · Flat 86, St Mary Abbot's Court, Warwick Gardens, Kensington · erected 2022
• Gus Elen 1862–1940 · Music hall comedian · 3 Thurleigh Avenue, Balham, SW12 Wandsworth · erected 1979
• Harry Lauder 1870–1950 · Music hall artiste · 46 Longley Road, Tooting, SW17 Wandsworth · erected 1969
• Harry Relph 1867–1928 · Music hall comedian · 93 Shirehall Park, Hendon, Barnet, NW4 · erected 1969
• Henry Irving 1838–1905 · Actor · 15a Grafton Street · erected 1950
• Hugh Carleton Greene 1910–1987 · Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors · 25 Addison Avenue · erected 2018
• Humphrey Jennings 1944–1950 · Documentary film maker · 8 Regent’s Park Terrace, NW1
• Ira Aldridge 1807–1867 · Shakespearian actor · 5 Hamlet Road, Upper Norwood, SE19 Bromley · erected 2007
• Jim Henson 1936–1990 · 50 Downshire Hill, Hampstead · erected 2021
• John Gielgud 1904–2000 · Actor · 16 Cowley Street, Westminster · erected 2017
• John Logie Baird 1888–1946 · Television pioneer · 22 Frith Street · erected 1951
• Joseph Grimaldi 1778–1837 · Clown · 56 Exmouth Market, EC1
• Joyce Grenfell 1910–1979 · Entertainer · 34 Elm Park Gardens, SW10
• Kenneth MacMillan 1929–1992 · Choreographer · 14 Lyford Road, Wandsworth · erected 2018
• Kenneth Williams 1926–1988 · Comic actor · Farley Court, Allsop Place, Marylebone · erected 2014
• Leslie Howard 1893–1943 · Film director · 45 Farquar Road · erected 2013
• Lilian Baylis 1874–1937 · Manager of the Old Vic theatre · 27 Stockwell Park Road, Lambeth, SW9 · erected 1974
• Lillie Langtry 1852–1929 · Actor · Cadogan Hotel, 21 Pont Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW1 · erected 1980
• Margaret Lockwood 1916–1990 · Actor · 14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood · erected 2018
• Margaret Rutherford 1892–1972 · Actor · 4 Berkeley Place, Wimbledon SW19 Merton · erected 2002
• Margot Fonteyn 1919–1991 · Prima ballerina assolluta · 118 Long Acre, Covent Garden · erected 2016
• Marie Taglioni 1809–1884 · Ballet dancer · 14 Connaught Square, Westminster, W2 · erected 1960
• Marie Tempest 1864–1942 · Actor · 24 Park Crescent, Regent's Park · erected 1972
• Michael Balcon 1896–1977 · Film producer · Ealing film Studios, Ealing Green, W5 Ealing · erected 2005
• Michael Powell 1905–1990 · Film director · Dorset House, Gloucester Place, Marylebone, NW1 5AG · erected 2014
• Nigel Playfair 1874–1934 · Actor-manager · 26 Pelham Crescent, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1965
• Ninette de Valois 1898–2001 · Founder of the Royal Ballet · 14 The Terrace, Barnes, SW13 Richmond Upon Thames, · erected 2006
• Peter Cushing 1913–1994 · Actor · 32 St James' Road, Purley · erected 2018
• Philip Ben Greet 1857–1936 · Actor-manager · 160 Lambeth Road, Lambeth, SE1
• Ralph Richardson 1902–1983 · Actor · Bedegar's Lea, Hampstead Lane, Barnet, NW3 · erected 2009
• Richard Burton 1925–1984 · Actor · 6 Lyndhurst Road · erected 2011
• Richard D'Oyly Carte 1844–1901 · Hotelier · Dartmouth Road, Kentish Town · erected 2010
• Robert Donat 1905–1958 · Actor · 8 Meadway, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Barnet, NW11 · erected 1994
• Rudolf Nureyev 1938–1993 · Dancer · 27 Victoria Road, Kensington · erected 2017
• Samuel Phelps 1804–1878 · Tragedian · 8 Canonbury Square, Islington, N1 · erected 1911
• Seraphine Astafieva 1876–1934 · Ballet dancer · 152 King's Road, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 · erected 1968
• Stanley Holloway 1890–1982 · Actor · 25 Albany Road, Newham
• Sybil Thorndike 1882–1976 · Actor · 6 Carlyle Square, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 · erected 1998
• Tamara Karsavina 1885–1978 · Prima ballerina · 108 Frognal, Camden, NW3 · erected 1987
• The Theatre, Shoreditch Theatre · 86-88 Curtain Road, EC2 Hackney · erected 1920
• Tommy Cooper 1921–1984 · Comedian · 51 Barrowgate Road, Chiswick · erected 2016
• Tommy Handley 1892–1949 · Radio comedian · 34 Craven Road, Paddington, Westminster, W2 · erected 1980
• Tony Hancock 1924–1968 · Comedian · 20 Queen's Gate Place · erected 2014
• Vivien Leigh 1913–1967 · Actor · 54 Eaton Square, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1996
• Will Hay 1888–1949 · Comic actor · 45 The Chase, Norbury, Croydon, SW16 · erected 2000
• Willy Clarkson 1861–1934 · Theatrical wigmaker · 41-43 Wardour Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1966