John Richard Schlesinger (1926 - 2003)

Born 16 Feb 1926 in London, England

Died 25 Jul 2003 at age 77 in Palm Springs, California, USA

Biography

John Schlesinger is Notable.

From Wikipedia [1] :

"John Richard Schlesinger, CBE (16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director, and actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for Midnight Cowboy, and was nominated for two other films (Darling and Sunday Bloody Sunday).

Schlesinger was born in London, into a middle class Jewish family,[1] the son of Winifred Henrietta (née Regensburg) and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician.[2] After St Edmund's School, Hindhead, Uppingham School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was involved in the Oxford University Dramatic Society,[3] he worked as an actor."

Sources

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Name: John R Schlesinger Event Type: Birth Registration Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration Year: 1926 Registration District: Hampstead County: London Event Place: Hampstead, London, England Mother's Maiden Name (not available before 1911 Q3): Regensburg Volume: 1A Page: 851 Line Number: 83

Citing this Record: "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3J-8WXV : 2 October 2014), John R Schlesinger, 1926; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Hampstead, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPZ-GGBC : 3 October 2015), John Richard Schlesinger, 1950; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Name: John Richard Schlesinger Event Type: Immigration Event Date: 1950 Event Place: New York, New York, United States Gender: Male Age: 24 Birth Year (Estimated): 1926 Birthplace: British Ship Name: Affiliate Publication Number: T715 Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Affiliate Film Number: 7862 GS Film Number: 002297381 Digital Folder Number: 007254703 Image Number: 00070

"Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1SJ-RZ5 : 1 December 2015), John Richard Schlesinger, Immigration; citing 1963, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).

Name: John Richard Schlesinger Event Type: Immigration Event Date: 1963 Event Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Nationality: Britain Traveling With Children: No Birth Date: 16 Feb 1926 Birthplace: Londres Inglaterra Father's Name: Bernard Schlesinger Mother's Name: Note: Digital Folder Number: 004568962 Image Number: 00082

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