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He was born Arthur John Gielgud on April 14, 1904, in South Kensington, London, to Franciszek Henryk (later Frank Henry) Gielgud, a stockbroker, and his wife, Kate Terry. His father was of Polish ancestry, with distant Lithuanian roots, while his mother was English and from an acting family.
- April 14, 1904
- May 21, 2000
May 23, 2000 · Arthur John Gielgud was born in London on April 14, 1904, the son of Frank Gielgud, a stockbroker, and Kate Terry-Lewis, whose family had supplied the 19th-century British theater with...
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Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (/ ˈ ɡ iː l ɡ ʊ d /; 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.
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The genealogies from the 13th-century Mostyn MS. 117 assert that Arthur is the son of Uthyr, the son of Custennin, the son of Cynfawr, the son of Tudwal, the son of Morfawr, the son of Eudaf, the son of Cadwr, the son of Cynan, the son of Caradoc, the son of Bran, the son of Llŷr. Regarding Arthur's own family, his wife is consistently stated ...
Feb 13, 2023 · Death: May 21, 2000 (96) Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom (respiratory infection) Place of Burial: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Immediate Family: Son of Franciszek Henry Giełgud and Kate Giełgud. Husband of Paul Anstee.
- England
- April 14, 1904
- Martin Hensler
- May 21, 2000
A little over 40 years ago — and long before Russell Brand attempted an awful remake — audiences were taken by surprise with the 1981 big-screen comedy Arthur, starring Dudley Moore (who had scored two years earlier alongside Bo Derek in 10) and Liza Minnelli (who … well, is Liza).
May 23, 2000 · His first acting teacher said he walked “like a cat with rickets,” and the actor himself described his awkward gait as that of a man whose knees were tied together with ribbons. But Sir…
