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Gielgud, John, 1904-2000

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Personal name headingGielgud, John, 1904-2000
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Variant(s)Gielgud, Arthur John, 1904-2000
LocatedBuckinghamshire (England)
Birth date1904-04-14
Death date2000-05-21
Place of birthLondon (England)
Place of deathBuckinghamshire (England)
Field of activityActing Theater--Production and direction Motion pictures--Production and direction
AffiliationUniversity of St. Andrews University of Oxford
Profession or occupationActors Theatrical producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors
Found inGilder, R. John Gielgud's Hamlet, 1937
Contemp. theatre, film, and television: v. 14 (Gielgud, John; b. Apr. 14, 1904, London, England; full name, Arthur John Gielgud; actor, producer, and director)
Variety's ww in show business, 1989 (Gielgud, John, Sir)
Washington Post, May 23, 2000: obit. (Sir John Gielgud, 96, died 21 May 2000 at home in Buckinghamshire; born Arthur John Gielgud, April 14, 1904 in London; father, Frank Gielgud, stockbroker; mother, Kate Terry-Lewis of a theatrical family; professional theatre debut 1921; actor, director of stage and movies, classical, Shakespeare, and contemporary material; gardener; knighted in 1957; Order of Merit 1996)
Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Mar. 2, 2006 ((Arthur) John Gielgud; b. Apr. 14, 1904, London, England; d. May 21, 2000; St. Andrew's University, LL.D., 1950; knighted, 1953; chevalier of the French LeĢgion d'honneur; honorary D.Litt., Oxford University, 1953)
Associated languageeng