After spending several decades working as a character actor, Richard Attenborough (born 1923) gained worldwide recognition when he won an Oscar as best director for the motion picture Gandhi, which he...
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Background InfoBorn in
Glasgow
on 19 December 1923,
Gordon
Jackson
first showed an interest in acting as a child, when he was an eager member of many local theatrical productions. This led to h...
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A funeral service was held Thursday for Bertram "Jimmy" James, one of the few British prisoners to avoid being executed for joining in the "great escape" from a German prison in World War II.James,...
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Ian Tapson, one of the last survivors of a team of World War II soldiers who planned and executed a breakout from a German POW camp later immortalized in the film "The Great Escape," has died. He w...
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Today is Wednesday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2007. There are 124 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Fifty years ago, on Aug. 29, 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval ...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The selection of Eklavya: The Royal Guard, a
damp squib at the box office, to represent India as its contender for
best foreign film at the Oscars has elic...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The selection of Eklavya: The Royal Guard, a
damp squib at the box office, to represent India as its contender for
best foreign film at the Oscars has elic...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1:Aug. 26: Singer Vic Dana is 65. Singer Valerie Simpson of Ashford and Simpson is 61. Singer Bob Cowsill of The Cowsills is 58. Bandleader Branfor...
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is a little relieved to be taking "The Lives of Others" outside Germany, where people responded emotionally and lavished the movie with seven Lolas (the country's e...
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Richard Samuel Attenborough
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