Leslie Grade

Leslie Grade

Leslie Grade (1916-1979) was a British agent and executive with The Grade Organisation.

He was born Laszlo (or Lazarus) Winogradsky in Tokmak, Ukraine. He and his brothers Lew Grade and Bernard Delfont became three of the leading figures in theatre management. His son Michael Grade became a leading television executive and is now Chairman of ITV.

He has two children by his second marriage, to Audrey Smith - Anita (now Anita Land), a theatrical agent and Antony, head of exterior design for Renault Cars.

Leslie Grade suffered a major stroke, which disrupted his career in middle age and he died in 1979.

Grade was for many years a Director of Leyton Orient Football Club along with his friend Harry Zussman.

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