Ivo Jarosy

Ivo Rudolph Jarosy (9 November 1921 – 1 May 1996) was a German-born British film publicist and cinema manager who ran London's Academy 1-2-3 for many years.

He was born in Berlin on 9 November 1921,[1] the son of Dora Constance Lehmann and her first husband, Anton Jarosy (1887–1951), a Jewish Yugoslavian artist.[2][3] Her second husband was the Austrian film director, editor and producer George Hoellering, who became Jarosy's stepfather.[4]

Jarosy married Joan Grant in 1952 and they had two sons. He died in London on 1 May 1996.[1]

In the mid-1960s, Joan Jarosy (1922–2012) founded the International Neighbours Housing Association, one of the first new-style housing associations.[5]

  1. ^ a b Allen Eyles. "Ivo Jarosy: Obituary | People | News". The Independent. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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  4. ^ Christie, Ian (2004). "Hoellering, George Michael (1897–1980)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61485. Retrieved 6 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Obituary: Death of housing charity founder Joan Jarosy | Camden New Journal". camdennewjournal.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.