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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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... The 17 other EGOT winners include Sir John Gielgud, Rita Moreno, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson...
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... Trapezes and stiltsThrough the 1950s he continued to direct RSC productions featuring some of the greatest actors of the age including John Gielgud, Paul Scofield and Laurence Olivier...
Obituary: June Brown
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... She spent years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing on stage with Alec Guinness, John Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft...
London's long-term lav affair: A history of public toilets in the capital
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... The actor Sir John Gielgud was arrested in a gents in Chelsea at a time when the law stipulated that a man could be arrested for merely the intent of committing an act of " gross indecency...
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... Having seen little theatre in Cape Town, Sher could now watch the greats: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier...
Tuppence Middleton on OCD and playing Elizabeth Taylor
By Rebecca JonesArts correspondent, Bbc News
Actress Tuppence Middleton says she has " woken up bolt upright in The Middle of the night" since rehearsals began for her latest play.
The 36-year-old actress, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), says " anxiety" is to blame.
Middleton's new play sees her portray the Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor in The Motive and the Cue, opposite Johnny Flynn as her husband Richard Burton .
The Actress 's OCD means one of her worries is kissing her co-star.
" Johnny and I have to kiss in this [play] And One of my obsessions is being emetophobic, that's fear of vomiting, " Middleton tells Bbc News .
" And so I get preoccupied with, 'oh what if Johnny has norovirus'? "
Middleton developed OCD as a child and told The Bbc about The Hidden and " internal" impact it has on her career.
The Beginning of rehearsals for The Motive and the Cue was particularly challenging.
" The First day when you meet everyone, and everyone shakes hands and I'm making a mental note of whose hand I've shaken And Then I have to remember while I'm talking to people that I need to go and wash my hands, " she explains.
As well as an intense fear of vomiting and a preoccupation with cleanliness and contamination, that her OCD also manifests itself in obsessive mental counting and compulsive checking behaviours.
But now, she says: " You find ways of coping with it as you get older and get used to it. "
What is OCD?Obsessive compulsive disorder affects More Than 500,000 people in the UK. Sufferers can experience anxious, intrusive thoughts and, like many medical conditions, OCD can get worse if left untreated.
OCD can be difficult to spot as sufferers may hide their symptoms because of feelings and thoughts of guilt or shame or embarrassment.
There are some common thoughts or behaviours the sufferer may experience, and may often know are irrational. These can include:
Middleton has succeeded in building a wide-ranging CV of film and TV work, most notably in Science Fiction , including Black Mirror and Sense8, and costume dramas such as the Downton Abbey movies and War & Peace. She was seen recently in the ITV thriller Our House .
But The Motive and the Cue is her first major stage role. She admits it's " very daunting" playing Elizabeth Taylor , who was married eight times and lived a tumultuous life in the spotlight full of scandal, alcohol and addiction.
at the Age Of 79.
In the Motive and the Cue, directed by Sam Mendes and Written By Jack Thorne , who also wrote Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, Taylor is newly married to Burton.
The couple had met on The Set of The Film Cleopatra and embarked on a passionate affair, while married to Other People .
They created a sensation wherever They Went and became in many ways The First " celebrity couple" long before Brangelina, Bennifer or Kimye.
Middleton says it's hard for younger people to understand now, nearly 60 years later, " just how famous they were".
" They were sort of like Exotic Animals , " she says, " people wanted to be close to them. "
The Play is set in 1964 when both were at The Height of their fame and Burton played Hamlet in an experimental production on Broadway directed by John Gielgud .
" Every single night, throughout The Run , " explains Middleton, " there were thousands of people in The Street outside The Theatre and The Roads were blocked off.
" And that would just never happen now, because celebrity doesn't hold that same kind of pull. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com