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Benn Wolfe Levy (7 March 1900 – 7 December 1973) was a Labour Party Member of Parliament in the House of Commons (1945–1950), and a successful playwright. He was educated at Repton School and University College, Oxford and served in uniform in both World Wars.
Levy was first elected at the 1945 general election, for the Eton and Slough constituency, and stood down at the 1950 general election. Politically, Levy was on the left of the Labour Party and later became an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. As a sympathiser with the Zionist movement, he also opposed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin over Bevin's policies towards Palestine and Israel.
As an MP, Levy made an unsuccessful effort to abolish theatrical censorship in Britain, and towards the end of his life, he was the principal author of a report opposing the arguments for censorship made by Lord Longford, the anti-pornography campaigner.
He was married for more than 40 years to the American-born screen and stage actress Constance Cummings; the couple had one daughter and one son.
Levy's papers are held at the University of Sussex library.
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Categories: Government And Politics Of Slough, Labour Party Mps For English Constituencies, People From Slough, 1900 Births, 1973 Deaths, Uk Mps 1945–1950, Royal Air Force Personnel Of World War I, Royal Navy Personnel Of World War Ii, People Educated At Repton School, Alumni Of University College, Oxford, British Dramatists And Playwrights, Jewish British Politicians
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