Wider Neame lives · Film · An oral-history account
Film ran in the household
A filmmaker father. An actress mother.
Ronald Neame’s father Elwin made films. His mother Ivy Close acted in them. His family story already has a cast.
Ronald’s oral-history interviews open the door to his own working life in cinema. You can listen through the archives that hold the recordings.
This takes the name well beyond Kent’s farms and brewery. No link to the Faversham brewing family has been established. Follow the films for their own story.
Sources & research notes · 2 records
Parentage and the professional context follow cited oral-history materials. No connection to the brewing or Selling families was established. Archive interviews remain at their original hosts.
Follow the evidence
- Ronald Neame oral historyDirectors Guild of America · oral-history interview · accessed 2026-10-07
- Ronald Neame interviewBritish Entertainment History Project · oral-history interview · accessed 2026-10-07