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Name: John Gielgud
Birth Date: April 14, 1904
Death Date: May 21, 2000
Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: London, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: actor, director

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Biography of John Gielgud
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One of the 20th century's most distinguished actors, Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) was noted for his Shakespearean roles for the stage, especially Hamlet, and appeared in numerous theatrical and television films and on recordings of classic books and...


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Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an English theatre and film actor. He is regarded as one of the greatest English...


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The New Leader
John Gielgud: the Authorized Biography.
03/01/2002: 1,558 words, approx. 5 pages
By Sheridan Morley Simon & Schuster. 528 pp. $30.00. SHERIDAN MORLEY, the author of some 16 books plus five more written with his wife, Ruth Leon, is usually a fast operator. This volume, though, has been in the works since 1989. During...
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The Independent - London
Obituary: Sir John Gielgud
05/23/2000: 538 words, approx. 2 pages
What was so uniquely remarkable about Gielgud's theatrical work - the ineffable serenity, even sweetness, of what might be called his histrionic disposition - he was relatively seldom allowed to exploit in his film career, writes Gilbert Adair. At least until the late Seventies...
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The New York Observer
Project Runway Premieres!
11/15/2007: 274 words, approx. 1 pages
Vanity Fair’s James Wolcott summed it up best when he wrote, “It's time to thread that sewing machine, flex those tattoos, and give Tim Gunn something to murmur about before he tidies off like a tight, smart, walking umbrella, to borrow K Tynan's peerless...
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AP News
Coalition aims to expose Shakespeare
9/8/2007: 438 words, approx. 2 pages
The bard, or not the bard, that is the question.Some of Britain's most distinguished Shakespearean actors have reopened the debate over whether William Shakespeare, a 16th century commoner raised in an illiterate household in Stratford-upon-Avon, wrote the plays that bear his name.Acclaimed actor Derek Jacobi...
 


 

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