Sir
Arthur
John
(John)
Gielgud
OM CH
Born in South Kensington, London, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Lewis Evelyn Gielgud and Val Henry Gielgud
Died
at age 96
in Wotton Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Dec 2014
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Biography
John Gielgud OM CH is Notable.
John Gielgud won the 1981 Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Arthur.
John Gielgud was an English actor and theatre director, who with Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century.
Born in 1904 in South Kensington, he was the son of Frank Gielgud and Kate Terry Lewis.
He died at 96 in 2000. [1]
Sources
- ↑ "England Death Records, 1998-2015", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CGRD-BGMM : 25 January 2021), Mr John Arthur Gielgud, 2000.
See also:
- "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW6Z-TFG : 28 June 2019), Arthur John Gielgud in household of Amy Georgina Fisher Pattenden, Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- Wikipedia: John Gielgud
- Wikidata: Item Q204685, en:Wikipedia
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