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John Gielgud
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 24 years ago |
Date of birth | April 14,1904 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | South Kensington |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | May 21,2000 |
Died | Wotton Underwood |
United Kingdom | |
Aunts | Mabel Terry-Lewis |
Height | 180 (cm) |
Job | Singer |
Voice acting | |
Theatre Director | |
Theatrical producer | |
Education | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Westminster School | |
Siblings | Val Gielgud |
Eleanor Gielgud | |
Lewis Gielgud | |
Parents | Kate Terry Gielgud |
Frank Gielgud | |
Plays | Acting Shakespeare |
A Tale of Two Cities | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 405178 |
An Actor and His Time
Gielgud's Letters
Backward Glances
Distinguished Company
Stage Directions
The Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection Presents John Gielgud's Notes from the Gods: Playgoing in the Twenties
Gielgud on Gielgud
Early Stages
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Gielgud Collection
Sir John Gielgud at the BBC
Churchill in His Own Voice
Actor and His Time Counter Display
A Tale of Two Cities: Adapted for the Stage
Interpretar a Shakespeare
The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare Preview CD
The Story of the Barn Theatre
Best of Sherlock Holmes 4
Best of Sherlock Holmes 3
Sir John Gielgud - a Celebratory Collection
Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings
Richard Burton's Hamlet
Alan Bennett Double Bill: Forty Years on ; A Woman of No Importance
Murder on the Orient Express
Gandhi
Becket
Secret Agent
Chariots of Fire
Prospero's Books
Caligula
Oh! What a Lovely War
The Prime Minister
The Loved One
Around the World in 80 Days
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Chimes at Midnight
Julius Caesar
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
First Knight
The Power of One
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Shooting Party
War and Remembrance
Richard III
The Best of Friends
Murder by Decree
Shine
Aces High
Lion of the Desert
Appointment with Death
The Whistle Blower
Merlin
11 Harrowhouse
Shining Through
Strike It Rich
Quest for Camelot
The Human Factor
Lost Horizon
Tales of the Unexpected
Getting It Right
The Portrait of a Lady
The Formula
Romance on the Orient Express
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Canterville Ghost
Edward the Seventh
The Clue of the New Pin
The Conductor
The Wicked Lady
Joseph Andrews
Priest of Love
Arthur
Brideshead Revisited
Prospero's
BBC Television Shakespeare
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Laurence Olivier Award for Society of London Theatre Special Award
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
BAFTA Fellowship
Special Tony Award
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television
BAFTA Award for Best British Actor
Praemium Imperiale
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
John Gielgud Life story
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH 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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Grammy Awards 2023: Viola Davis becomes an EGOT
By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent
Viola Davis has become the 18th person to achieve the EGOT - Winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award - as the Grammy Awards Kick Off in Los Angeles .
Davis completed her collection by Winning best audio book for her autobiography Finding Me .
" I wrote this book to honour the six-year-old Viola, " said The Star . " To honour her life, her joy, her trauma, Everything . . I just EGOT! "
The Star won The Best supporting actress Oscar in 2016 for Fences.
Her Emmy Award recognised the TV drama How To Get Away With Murder, and she has two Tony Awards for her theatre Work - featured actress in a play for King Hedley II (2001) and lead actress in a play for Fences (2010).
The 17 other EGOT winners include Sir John Gielgud , Rita Moreno , Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson .
Early Grammys for Beyoncé and Harry StylesDavis picked up her prize at the Grammys " premiere ceremony" which mostly recognises technical and genre categories.
Beyoncé has already won two prizes: Best dance recording for The Song Break My Soul, and traditional R& B performance for Plastic Off The Sofa.
The awards Bring Her one Step Closer to becoming the most-awarded artist in Grammy history,
The Star now has 30 trophies, just one short of equalling the current record holder, Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti .
Harry Styles also picked up best engineered Album for Harry's House , which is also up for The Night 's biggest prize - Album of the year.
But The British star faces tough competition for that Award , with Adele, Beyoncé and Latin star Bad Bunny among The Other favourites.
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Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne also won two awards, in the week he
His latest record, Patient Number Nine , was named best Rock Album , while The Song Degradation Rules won best metal performance.
And British indie duo Wet Leg received two awards - including best alternative Album and best alternative song for their breakout single, Chaise Longue.
" This is so funny, " said singer-guitarist Rhian Teasdale. " What are we even doing here? "
Meanwhile composer and violinist Stephanie Economou received The First ever Grammy for best video game soundtrack, recognising her Work on Assassin's Creed: Dawn Of Ragnarok.
The premiere ceremony is being hosted by YouTube star Randy Rainbow , who went viral during The Trump administration for videos that mixed political commentary with musical theatre numbers.
Taking to The Stage at Los Angeles ' Crypto, com Arena, he promised not to make cheap jokes About Us Republican George Santos, who has admitted to in his resume and biography.
" I will not even say his name, " said Rainbow. " Even though he is nominated for best pop vocal Album . "
The main Grammys ceremony kicks off at Los Angeles ' Crypto. com Arena on Sunday at 17:00 (local Time ) / Monday at 01:00 (GMT)
Comedian Trevor Noah is hosting for the third Time , with performances due from Styles, Lizzo, Bad Bunny and Sam Smith .
But Noah has hinted that two pop megastars will also be gracing The Stage .
" One of your favourite performers is A Woman , and That Woman is going to be performing at the Grammys, " He Said on The People 's Every Day podcast this weekend.
" Then one of your other favourite performers is A Man , and that man is going to be performing at the Grammys.
" And you're going, 'Oh, But that could be Anyone . ' But you know, it's not Anyone , though, because you've been listening to their Album the whole year and it's been huge. "
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Source of news: bbc.com