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#6564 Christopher-Lee
Gemini ABOUT He became known for playing Count Dooku in Star Wars and Saruman in Lord of the Rings. Earlier in his career, he portrayed Count Dracula in Hammer Horror Films. BEFORE FAME He made his acting debut in a school production of Rumpelstiltskin. He made his acting debut in a school production of Rumpelstiltskin. TRIVIA In 1998, he was in a movie in which he played Pakistan's founder, Muhammad-Ali Jinnah. In 1998, he was in a movie in which he played Pakistan's founder, Muhammad-Ali Jinnah. FAMILY LIFE His step-cousin is the author of the James Bond spy novels, Ian Fleming. He appeared in the film adaptation of The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974. He married Birgit Kroencke in 1961 and he has a daughter named Christina. His step-cousin is the author of the James Bond spy novels, Ian Fleming. He appeared in the film adaptation of The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974. He married Birgit Kroencke in 1961 and he has a daughter named Christina. ASSOCIATED WITH He acted alongside Viggo Mortensen in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. He acted alongside Viggo Mortensen in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
#42586 Judy-Balaban
Judy Balaban was born on October 13, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Judith Rose Balaban. She has been married to Don Quine since May 1, 1971. She was previously married to Anthony Franciosa and Jay Kanter.. Date of Birth, 13October 1932,Chicago, Illinois, USA ,Birth Name,Judith Rose Balaban
#10567 Christopher-Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it be Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film, Czlowiek ze zlotym pistoletem (1974), or Count Dooku in Gwiezdne wojny: Część II - Atak klonów (2002), or as the title monster in the Hammer Horror film, Mumia (1959).Lee was born in 1922 in London, England, where he and his older sister Xandra were raised by their parents, Contessa Estelle Marie (Carandini di Sarzano) and Geoffrey Trollope Lee, a professional soldier, until their divorce in 1926. Later, while Lee was still a child, his mother married (and later divorced) Harcourt George St.-Croix (nicknamed Ingle), who was a banker. Lees maternal great-grandfather was an Italian political refugee, while Lees great-grandmother was English opera singer Marie (Burgess) Carandini.After attending Wellington College from age 14 to 17, Lee worked as an office clerk in a couple of London shipping companies until 1941 when he enlisted in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Following his release from military service, Lee joined the Rank Organisation in 1947, training as an actor in their Charm School and playing a number of bit parts in such films as Corridor of Mirrors (1948). He made a brief appearance in Laurence Oliviers Hamlet (1948), in which his future partner-in-horror Peter Cushing also appeared. Both actors also appeared later in Moulin Rouge (1952) but did not meet until their horror films together.Lee had numerous parts in film and television throughout the 1950s. He struggled initially in his new career because he was discriminated as being taller than the leading male actors of his time and being too foreign-looking. However, playing the monster in the Hammer film Przeklenstwo Frankensteina (1957) proved to be a blessing in disguise, since the was successful, leading to him being signed on for future roles in Hammer Film Productions. Lees association with Hammer Film Productions brought him into contact with Peter Cushing, and they became good friends. Lee and Cushing often than not played contrasting roles in Hammer films, where Cushing was the protagonist and Lee the villain, whether it be Van Helsing and Dracula respectively in Horror Draculi (1958), or John Banning and Kharis the Mummy respectively in Mumia (1959).Lee continued his role as Dracula in a number of Hammer sequels throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s. During this time, he co-starred in Pies Baskervilleów (1959), and made numerous appearances as Fu Manchu, most notably in the first of the series Twarz Fu Manchu (1965), and also appeared in a number of films in Europe. With his own production company, Charlemagne Productions, Ltd., Lee made Nothing But the Night (1973) and Córka dla diabla (1976). By the mid-1970s, Lee was tiring of his horror image and tried to widen his appeal by participating in several mainstream films, such as Prywatne zycie Sherlocka Holmesa (1970), Trzej muszkieterowie (1973), Czterej muszkieterowie (1974), and the James Bond film Czlowiek ze zlotym pistoletem (1974).The success of these films prompted him in the late 1970s to move to Hollywood, where he remained a busy actor but made mostly unremarkable film and television appearances, and eventually moved back to England. The beginning of the new millennium relaunched his career to some degree, during which he has played Count Dooku in Gwiezdne wojny: Część II - Atak klonów (2002) and as Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Lee played Count Dooku again in Gwiezdne wojny: Czesc III - Zemsta Sithów (2005) and as Johnny Depps characters father in the Tim Burton film, Charlie i fabryka czekolady (2005).On 16 June 2001, he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to drama. He was created a Knight Bachelor on 13 June 2009 in the Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity. In addition he was made a Commander of the Order of St John on 16 January 1997.Lee died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 7 June 2015 at 8:30 am after being admitted for respiratory problems and heart failure, shortly after celebrating his 93rd birthday there. His wife delayed the public announcement until 11 June, in order to break the news to their family. Date of Birth, 27May 1922,Belgravia, London, England, UK ,Date of Death, 7June 2015,Chelsea, London, England, UK (heart failure) ,Birth Name,Christopher Frank Carandini Lee,Nickname, Chris ,Height, 65(1.96m)
, or Count Dooku in Gwiezdne wojny: Część II - Atak klonów (2002), or as the title monster in the Hammer Horror film, Mumia (1959).Lee was born in 1922 in London, England, where he and his older sister Xandra were raised by their parents, Contessa Estelle Marie (Carandini di Sarzano) and Geoffrey Trollope Lee, a professional soldier, until their divorce in 1926. Later, while Lee was still a child, his mother married (and later divorced) Harcourt George St.-Croix (nicknamed Ingle), who was a banker. Lees maternal great-grandfather was an Italian political refugee, while Lees great-grandmother was English opera singer Marie (Burgess) Carandini.After attending Wellington College from age 14 to 17, Lee worked as an office clerk in a couple of London shipping companies until 1941 when he enlisted in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Following his release from military service, Lee joined the Rank Organisation in 1947, training as an actor in their Charm School and playing a number of bit parts in such films as Corridor of Mirrors (1948). He made a brief appearance in Laurence Oliviers Hamlet (1948), in which his future partner-in-horror Peter Cushing also appeared. Both actors also appeared later in Moulin Rouge (1952) but did not meet until their horror films together.Lee had numerous parts in film and television throughout the 1950s. He struggled initially in his new career because he was discriminated as being taller than the leading male actors of his time and being too foreign-looking. However, playing the monster in the Hammer film Przeklenstwo Frankensteina (1957) proved to be a blessing in disguise, since the was successful, leading to him being signed on for future roles in Hammer Film Productions. Lees association with Hammer Film Productions brought him into contact with Peter Cushing, and they became good friends. Lee and Cushing often than not played contrasting roles in Hammer films, where Cushing was the protagonist and Lee the villain, whether it be Van Helsing and Dracula respectively in Horror Draculi (1958), or John Banning and Kharis the Mummy respectively in Mumia (1959).Lee continued his role as Dracula in a number of Hammer sequels throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s. During this time, he co-starred in Pies Baskervilleów (1959), and made numerous appearances as Fu Manchu, most notably in the first of the series Twarz Fu Manchu (1965), and also appeared in a number of films in Europe. With his own production company, Charlemagne Productions, Ltd., Lee made Nothing But the Night (1973) and Córka dla diabla (1976). By the mid-1970s, Lee was tiring of his horror image and tried to widen his appeal by participating in several mainstream films, such as Prywatne zycie Sherlocka Holmesa (1970), Trzej muszkieterowie (1973), Czterej muszkieterowie (1974), and the James Bond film Czlowiek ze zlotym pistoletem (1974).The success of these films prompted him in the late 1970s to move to Hollywood, where he remained a busy actor but made mostly unremarkable film and television appearances, and eventually moved back to England. The beginning of the new millennium relaunched his career to some degree, during which he has played Count Dooku in Gwiezdne wojny: Część II - Atak klonów (2002) and as Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Lee played Count Dooku again in Gwiezdne wojny: Czesc III - Zemsta Sithów (2005) and as Johnny Depps characters father in the Tim Burton film, Charlie i fabryka czekolady (2005).On 16 June 2001, he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to drama. He was created a Knight Bachelor on 13 June 2009 in the Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity. In addition he was made a Commander of the Order of St John on 16 January 1997.Lee died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 7 June 2015 at 8:30 am after being admitted for respiratory problems and heart failure, shortly after celebrating his 93rd birthday there. His wife delayed the public announcement until 11 June, in order to break the news to their family. Date of Birth, 27May 1922,Belgravia, London, England, UK ,Date of Death, 7June 2015,Chelsea, London, England, UK (heart failure) ,Birth Name,Christopher Frank Carandini Lee,Nickname, Chris ,Height, 65(1.96m) %23thoughts %23aphorisms %23 %23&image=http://famous.101sharequotes.com/files/photos/Christopher Lee.jpg
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, or Count Dooku in Gwiezdne wojny: Część II - Atak klonów (2002), or as the title monster in the Hammer Horror film, Mumia (1959).Lee was born in 1922 in London, England, where he and his older sister Xandra were raised by their parents, Contessa Estelle Marie (Carandini di Sarzano) and Geoffrey Trollope Lee, a professional soldier, until their divorce in 1926. Later, while Lee was still a child, his mother married (and later divorced) Harcourt George St.-Croix (nicknamed Ingle), who was a banker. Lees maternal great-grandfather was an Italian political refugee, while Lees great-grandmother was English opera singer Marie (Burgess) Carandini.After attending Wellington College from age 14 to 17, Lee worked as an office clerk in a couple of London shipping companies until 1941 when he enlisted in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Following his release from military service, Lee joined the Rank Organisation in 1947, training as an actor in their Charm School and playing a number of bit parts in such films as Corridor of Mirrors (1948). He made a brief appearance in Laurence Oliviers Hamlet (1948), in which his future partner-in-horror Peter Cushing also appeared. Both actors also appeared later in Moulin Rouge (1952) but did not meet until their horror films together.Lee had numerous parts in film and television throughout the 1950s. He struggled initially in his new career because he was discriminated as being taller than the leading male actors of his time and being too foreign-looking. However, playing the monster in the Hammer film Przeklenstwo Frankensteina (1957) proved to be a blessing in disguise, since the was successful, leading to him being signed on for future roles in Hammer Film Productions. Lees association with Hammer Film Productions brought him into contact with Peter Cushing, and they became good friends. Lee and Cushing often than not played contrasting roles in Hammer films, where Cushing was the protagonist and Lee the villain, whether it be Van Helsing and Dracula respectively in Horror Draculi (1958), or John Banning and Kharis the Mummy respectively in Mumia (1959).Lee continued his role as Dracula in a number of Hammer sequels throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s. During this time, he co-starred in Pies Baskervilleów (1959), and made numerous appearances as Fu Manchu, most notably in the first of the series Twarz Fu Manchu (1965), and also appeared in a number of films in Europe. With his own production company, Charlemagne Productions, Ltd., Lee made Nothing But the Night (1973) and Córka dla diabla (1976). By the mid-1970s, Lee was tiring of his horror image and tried to widen his appeal by participating in several mainstream films, such as Prywatne zycie Sherlocka Holmesa (1970), Trzej muszkieterowie (1973), Czterej muszkieterowie (1974), and the James Bond film Czlowiek ze zlotym pistoletem (1974).The success of these films prompted him in the late 1970s to move to Hollywood, where he remained a busy actor but made mostly unremarkable film and television appearances, and eventually moved back to England. The beginning of the new millennium relaunched his career to some degree, during which he has played Count Dooku in Gwiezdne wojny: Część II - Atak klonów (2002) and as Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Lee played Count Dooku again in Gwiezdne wojny: Czesc III - Zemsta Sithów (2005) and as Johnny Depps characters father in the Tim Burton film, Charlie i fabryka czekolady (2005).On 16 June 2001, he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to drama. He was created a Knight Bachelor on 13 June 2009 in the Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity. In addition he was made a Commander of the Order of St John on 16 January 1997.Lee died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 7 June 2015 at 8:30 am after being admitted for respiratory problems and heart failure, shortly after celebrating his 93rd birthday there. His wife delayed the public announcement until 11 June, in order to break the news to their family. Date of Birth, 27May 1922,Belgravia, London, England, UK ,Date of Death, 7June 2015,Chelsea, London, England, UK (heart failure) ,Birth Name,Christopher Frank Carandini Lee,Nickname, Chris ,Height, 65(1.96m) &p[url]=http://famous.101sharequotes.com/en/quote/christopher-lee-sir_christopher_frank_carandini_-10567&p[images][0]=http://famous.101sharequotes.com/files/photos/Christopher Lee.jpg
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