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2 days ago · Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( / ˈɡiːlɡʊd /; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century.
Jun 9, 2024 · It was the unparalleled beauty and range of his speaking voice that made John Gielgud the major Hamlet of his era and the ultimate Richard II.
2 days ago · 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. Gielgud was the first winner to win any award other than the Oscar as their first award (his first award was a Tony).
Jun 26, 2024 · John Gielgud in Crime and Punishment, 1947. Photograph courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York. Irene Worth talks about the cave drawings that exist in so many parts of the world.
Jun 16, 2024 · When it played the Gilllian Lynne last year, John Kerry, then President Joe Biden’s special climate envoy, was seated in front of me, engrossed as thespians Michael Balalogun, Hadley Fraser, and...
Jun 16, 2024 · No longer involved with John Perry, Gielgud had become accustomed to seeking sex in public lavatories, a necessarily furtive gay sexual culture of the time called cottaging that was celebrated by Joe Orton in his diaries.
Jun 14, 2024 · Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen have paid tribute to Sir John Gielgud at a Westminster Abbey memorial service, with Dame Judi describing him as a 'brilliant actor and brilliant friend'.
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