Gone With the Wind
1940
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Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director, producer and writer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s.
Leslie Howard was a British actor, producer and director who starred in many films, including Gone with the Wind, Pygmalion and The Scarlet Pimpernel. He was also a war hero who died in 1943 when his plane was shot down by German fighters.
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- Forest Hill, London, England, UK
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May 28, 2024 · Leslie Howard (born April 3, 1893, London, England—died June 1, 1943, at sea) was an English actor, producer, and film director whose acting had a quiet, persuasive English charm. After working as a bank clerk, Howard served in World War I, where he was able to strengthen an early interest in the stage.
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Leslie Howard was a British actor, director and writer who starred in many classic films, such as Gone with the Wind, The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Petrified Forest. He died in 1943 when his plane was shot down by German fighters over the Bay of Biscay.
- April 3, 1893
- June 1, 1943
May 29, 2020 · Learn about the life and death of Leslie Howard, a star of Gone With the Wind, Pygmalion and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Was he a spy or a victim of Nazi attack in WWII?
Actor Leslie Howard Died in Plane Shot Down by Nazis 80 Years Ago. This article appears in: August 2023. On the morning of June 1, 1943, the Douglas DC-3 lifted off from the airport at Lisbon in neutral Portugal. BOAC Flight 777 or Dutch KLM Flight 2L272, as it had been designated, carried 13 passengers and its crew on a flight bound for London.
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Feb 11, 2016 · A documentary about the life and career of Leslie Howard, a versatile actor and director who starred in Gone with the Wind and other classics. Learn about his personal struggles, his principles, his legacy and his mysterious death in World War 2.
