John Gielgud
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Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1904 - 2000
Occupation
Entertainment
Notable Achievements
OM, CH, Academy Award, Tony Award, Emmy Award
Description
Film, theatre, and television actor and theatre director. Broadway and London stage star, notably in Shakespearean works (particularly 'Hamlet', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Much Ado About Nothing', and 'Julius Ceasar') and popular stage productions {'Cats' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest'). Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film 'Arthur' (1981). Started his own company at the Queen's Theatre. The Gielgud Theatre is named after him. State honours were Knight Bachelor (UK, 1953), Legion of Honour (France, 1960), Companion of Honour (UK, 1977), and Order of Merit (UK, 1996). Arrested in 1953 for soliciting a male prostitute, which caused a popular uproar against the laws at the time.
