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5 giorni fa · After graduating he went into Rep where he met his wife, Nona Blair, later to be the voice of Joan Hood on The Archers. In 1950 Bird joined John Gielgud's company to be an understudy in Christopher Fry's The Lady's Not for Burning , and he toured the United States with the play.
2 giorni fa · John Gielgud In 1991, John Gielgud became the fourth person to win all four awards, the oldest (at age 87), the first LGBT person, and the first non-American. English actor and theatre director John Gielgud (1904–2000) received his fourth distinct award in 1991. Between 1948 and 1991, Gielgud received a total of five competitive awards.
6 giorni fa · Inspector Alan Grant was born in the Midlands in England on 4th August, 1894. An Englishman by birth, little is known about his family except that his father was Scottish, and that his grandfather ‘belonged to the Strathspey’. He has a cousin Laura Rankin (nee Grant) who lives with her husband Tommy, and children Patrick and Bridget in ...
4 giorni fa · Gielgud was so impressed that he offered Brando a full season at the Hammersmith Theatre, an offer he declined. In his biography on the actor, Stefan Kanfer writes, "Marlon's autobiography devotes one line to his work on that film: Among all those British professionals, 'for me to walk onto a movie set and play Mark Anthony was asinine'—yet another example of his persistent self-denigration ...
4 giorni fa · Is there any compatibility between British and Japanese films? In 2023, author Kazuo Ishiguro wrote a screenplay for Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece Ikiru (52), setting it in Britain, and the film Living(22) became a hot topic. Then, Yamada Taichi's novel Summer of the All of Us Strangers (23) was made, setting it in Britain. This novel has also been adapted into a film by director Obayashi ...
5 giorni fa · What is the (highly unusual) name of Sir Alec's wife, to whom he was married for 62 years until his death in 2000? Answer: Merula Guinness was married to playwright and artist Merula Salaman for 62 years until his death in August 2000.
3 giorni fa · In 2000, death claimed actor Sir John Gielgud at age 96 and author Dame Barbara Cartland at age 98. ... May 19, Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII, beheaded . Recommended. Gusty winds ...
