Benn Wolfe Levy (1900–1973)
Was a Labour member of the British Parliament from 1945 to 1950 and an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
He was also a successful playwright and screen writer. He married the American actor, Constance Cummings.
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Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Levy, Benn Wolfe
- Cummings, Constance (wife)
- Levy, Hannah (mother)
- Levy, Octavius George (father)
- Gentilli, Madge Hope (sister)
- Gentilli, Adolpho Ernesto (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Martha (aunt)
- Cohen, Rebecca (aunt)
- Levy, Celia (aunt)
- Cohen, Caroline Flood (aunt)
- Cohen, Roselind (aunt)
- Cohen, Bertha (aunt)
- Levy, Benjamin Wolfe (uncle)
- Lewis, Samuel Eliot (uncle)
- Lewis, David Leopold (uncle)
- Levy, Harry Solomon (uncle)
- Tamworth, Louis (uncle)
- Levy, Herbert Wolfe (uncle)
- Levy, Septimus Raphael (uncle)
- Joseph, Abraham Sidney (uncle)
- Levy, Zara (aunt by marriage)
- Lewis, Annette (aunt by marriage)
- Lewis, Ray Charlotte (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Octavia Maud (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Bertha (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Gwendoline (aunt by marriage)
- Tamworth, Violet Gladys (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, George Judah (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Louis Samuel (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Norman Samuel (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Neville David (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Burnett David (uncle by marriage)
- Levy, Julia (grandmother)
- Joseph, Caroline (grandmother)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (grandfather)
- Joseph, Solomon (grandfather)
- Cohen, Samuel Sydney (cousin)
- Cohen, Samuel Maitland (cousin)
- Joseph, Lillian Julia (cousin)
- Edgar, Ethel Julia (cousin)
- Cohen, Leopold Wolfe (cousin)
- Cohen, Harold Leopold (cousin)
- Cohen, Reginald Benn (cousin)
- Cullen, Byron George (cousin)
- Cohen, Rex David (cousin)
- Cohen, George Hubert (cousin)
- Marks, Irene Rachel (cousin)
- Levy, Julia Alpha (cousin)
- Cohen, Stuart Samuel (cousin)
- Cohen, Stanley Gilbert (cousin)
- Cullen, Horace David (cousin)
- Myers, Vera Anita (cousin)
- Phillips, Julie Lorna (cousin)
- Cohen, Alroy Maitland (cousin)
- Ross, Walter T. (cousin)
- Sington, Ruth Louise (cousin)
- Rawson, May Georgia (cousin)
- Cohen, David Lennard (cousin)
- Nathan, Gladys Julia (cousin)
- Rose, Julia Eda (cousin)
- Cullen, Sefton Louis (cousin)
- Crosse, Beryl Eunice (cousin)
- Cohen, Leslie Winston (cousin)
- Cullen, Ralph Neville (cousin)
- Golding, Louise Winham (cousin)
- Cohen, Lewis George (cousin)
- Cohen, Benn Jack Brunel (cousin)
- Eliot-Cohen, Eliot Charles (cousin)
- Haldin, Edna Caroline (cousin)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (cousin)
- Henry, Margaret (cousin)
- Lewis, Lance Will (cousin)
- Maitland, Mary Annie (cousin)
- Levy, Maitland Benn (cousin)
- Leyland, Lynn Wolfe (cousin)
- Levy, Douglas Alexander (cousin)
- Schiff, Betty Julia (cousin)
- Levy, Kenneth Adolph (cousin)
- Prince, Norah Millie (cousin)
- Levy, Patrick Reginald (cousin)
- Leyland, Richard (cousin)
- Tamworth, Ian Philip (cousin)
Citation details
'Levy, Benn Wolfe (1900–1973)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/levy-benn-wolfe-20446/text31393, accessed 3 December 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
7 March,
1900
London,
Middlesex,
England
Death
7 December,
1973
(aged 73)
Oxford,
Oxfordshire,
England
Cause of Death
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