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George More O'Ferrall was a British film and television director.

Sir David Eady , styled The Hon. Mr Justice Eady, in legal writing Eady J, is a High Court judge in England and Wales. As a judge he is known for having presided over many high-profile libel and privacy cases. He was called to the bar in 1966 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1983. He was a member... of One Brick Court chambers and, as a lawyer, he specialised in media law until appointed a High Court Judge, Queen's Bench division, on 21 April 1997. Eady was educated at the Brentwood School, Essex, and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge. Eady was a member of One Brick Court chambers, "a legal chambers known for its libel work," and specialised in media law. The Daily Telegraph described him as "a leading courtroom defender of red-top journalism, much in demand as a barrister who could be relied on to uphold the freedom of the tabloids to expose the private lives of public figures." Examples include Eady's defence of The Sun when the Coronation Street actor Bill Roache sued over taunts that he was "boring". He also represented Singapore politician Lee Kuan Yew in his libel suits against the late opposition politician Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam.
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Wendy Toye CBE was a British dancer, stage and film director and actress. Beryl May Jessie Toye was born in London. She initially worked as a dancer and choreographer both on stage and on film, collaborating with the likes of directors Jean Cocteau and Carol Reed. She directed the original... production of Bless the Bride in 1947. Toye's debut film short, The Stranger Left No Card , won the Best Fictional Short Film prize at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, while her Christmas-themed short On the Twelfth Day… received an Oscar nomination in the Best Short Subject category. She directed films from the early 1950s until the early 1980s. She was the head of the jury at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival in 1963. Toye also was an advisor to the Arts Council and lectured in Australia. She was attacked and robbed in her maisonette in Westminster on 27 November 1956. Two men stole jewellery and money. On 6 January 1958 she appeared as Roy Plomley's Guest on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs. Her choices were wide-ranging, including Bach, Mahler and Lena Horne.
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David Eady is a British film director and producer. He was born in London in 1924.