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Dilys Powell

Film Critic

Died when: 93 years 318 days (1126 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Dilys Powell

Elizabeth Dilys Powell, CBE (20 July 1901 – 3 June 1995) was a British film critic and travel writer who contributed to The Sunday Times for more than 50 years.

Powell was known for her receptiveness to cultural change in the cinema and coined many classic phrases about films and actors.

She was a founding member of the Independent Television Authority (ITA), which launched commercial television in the UK.She was also the second female president of the Classical Association.

Powell wrote several books on films and her travels in Greece.

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