Stephen Greif

Stephen Greif was born on Aug 26, 1944 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. He is an Honours graduate from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is also a recent and past Member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and a Laurence Olivier and London Critics Circle award winning nominee for his work at The National Theatre over many years. He has often appeared in the West End and at The Old Vic. His grandparents were from Budapest, Lithuania, Russia and Poland. His father Franz was born in Vienna and his mother Polly in the East End of London. He attended Hordle House Preparatory School for two years with his older brother Anthony and his younger brother Peter, but in 1955 when his father's partnership was defrauded and the family endured severe financial hardship, he and Peter were enrolled in Primary School in the London area of Ladbroke Grove, then a run-down part of London. He went on to Sloane Grammar School in Chelsea where he excelled in sport, becoming the school's Athletics and Swim