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John Gielgud

1904 - 2000

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Sir Arthur John Gielgud ( GHEEL-guud; 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. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, he gained his first paid acting work as a junior member of his cousin Phyllis Neilson-Terry's company in 1922. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare in 1929–31. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Gielgud is the 654th most popular actor (down from 644th in 2019), the 904th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 781st in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Actor.

John Gielgud is most famous for his role as Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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Among actors, John Gielgud ranks 654 out of 13,578. Before him are Jane Wyman, Alberto Sordi, Mildred Harris, Hattie McDaniel, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Ron Howard. After him are Katharina Schratt, Margaret Rutherford, Wesley Snipes, Olga Kurylenko, Richard S. Castellano, and Edward Norton.

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Among people born in 1904, John Gielgud ranks 44. Before him are Lucile Randon, Gregory Bateson, Nikolai Ostrovsky, George F. Kennan, Willem de Kooning, and Joseph Campbell. After him are George Balanchine, Charles J. Pedersen, Karl Rahner, Tadao Takayama, Héctor Castro, and Clifford D. Simak. Among people deceased in 2000, John Gielgud ranks 36. Before him are Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ofra Haza, Gino Bartali, Yasuo Suzuki, Bettino Craxi, and Hirokazu Ninomiya. After him are Rudolf Kirchschläger, Empress Kōjun, Takashi Kano, Petar Mladenov, Lila Kedrova, and Steve Reeves.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gielgud ranks 904 out of 8,785. Before him are J. L. Austin (1911), John Frederic Daniell (1790), Thomas Savery (1650), Kenneth Clark (1903), John Pell (1611), and Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141). After him are Banksy (1970), Anne Conway (1631), John Pople (1925), Margaret Rutherford (1892), Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511), and Graham Taylor (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Gielgud ranks 101. Before him are Thandie Newton (1972), Jude Law (1972), Rex Harrison (1908), David McCallum (1933), Bernard Hill (1944), and Peter Finch (1916). After him are Margaret Rutherford (1892), Christian Bale (1974), Jim Broadbent (1949), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Ray Milland (1907), and Naomi Watts (1968).

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