About Bernard Delfont
Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont (born Boris Isaakovich Winogradsky, Russian: Борис Исаакович Виноградский, romanized: Boris Isaakovich Vinogradskiy; 5 September 1909 [O.S. 18 September 1909] – 28 July 1994) was a Russian-born British theatrical impresario and media proprietor. He was the brother of fellow impresarios Lew and Leslie Grade, and was a prominent figure in British entertainment during the 20th-century. == Life and career == === Early years === Delfont was born in Tokmak, Berdyansky Uyezd, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine), the second son of Jewish parents Isaac and Olga Winogradsky. His brothers, Lew Grade (born Lev Winogradsky) and Leslie Grade (Laszlo Winogradsky), also entered show business and formed the Grade Organisation. Their sister, Rita Grade, later wrote a book about the family called My Fabulous Brothers: The Story of the Grade Family. In 1912, the family moved to the East End of London and at age 12, Delfont left school and followed Lew into music halls and changed his name to Delfont to avoid confusion with his brother, forming a dance partnership with comic Hal Monty called The Delfont Boys. Unlike 'Grade', which was derived from the birth surname 'Winogradsky', it is unclear where the name 'Delfont' came from. Delfont later formed another dance partnership called Delfont & Toko. According to his biography East End, West End, in the late 1920s he performed a dance number in front of John Logie Baird's experimental television camera as a demonstration for potential backers. In 1937, he stopped dancing and again followed Lew in becoming an agent and impresario.
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