Corona Stage Academy, also known as The Corona Stage School, was a successful British drama school founded by Miss Rona Knight in the mid-1940s. The school started in Chiswick before moving to 16 Ravenscourt Avenue, Hammersmith in 1955. The school produced many top names of the British stage and screen, but it closed in 1989 following Miss Knight's retirement.
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