birth name	Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer
birth date	September 30, 1921
birth place	Glasgow, Scotland
death date	October 16, 2007
death place	Botesdale, Suffolk, England
years active	1940–86
occupation	Actress
spouse	Anthony Bartley (1945–59) (divorced) 2 childrenPeter Viertel (1960–2007) (her death) }}

Deborah Kerr, CBE (30 September 192116 October 2007) was a Scottish-born stage, television and film actress. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as Laura Reynolds in ''Tea and Sympathy,'' a role which she originated on Broadway, a Golden Globe Award for the motion picture ''The King and I,'' and she was also the recipient of honorary Academy, BAFTA and Cannes Film Festival awards.

She was nominated six times for an Academy Award as Best Actress but never won competitively. In 1994, however, she was awarded the Academy Honorary Award, cited by the Academy as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance".

Her films include ''The King and I'', ''An Affair to Remember'', ''From Here to Eternity'', ''Quo Vadis'', ''The Innocents'', ''Black Narcissus'', ''Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison'', ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' and ''Separate Tables''.

Although the Scottish pronunciation of her surname, , is closer to a phonetic reading of the name, when she was being promoted as a Hollywood actress it was made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". To avoid confusion over pronunciation, Louis B. Mayer of MGM billed her as "Kerr rhymes with Star!"

Early life

Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in a private nursing home (hospital) in Glasgow, Scotland, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (née Smale) and Capt. Arthur Charles Kerr-Trimmer, a World War I veteran pilot who later became a naval architect and civil engineer. Directly after her birth she spent the first three years of her life in the nearby town of Helensburgh, where her parents lived with Deborah's grandparents in a house on West King Street. Kerr had a younger brother, Edward (a.k.a. Teddy), who became a journalist and died in a "road-rage" incident in 2004.

Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School in the Clifton area of Bristol in England (the school was demolished in 1937, when Kerr was only 16 years old), and at Rossholme School in Weston-super-Mare.

Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who ran the Hicks-Smale Drama School in Bristol.

Career

Films

Kerr's first film role was in the British film ''Contraband'' in 1940 but her scenes were left on the cutting room floor. She followed that with a series of films, including ''Hatter's Castle'' (1942), in which she starred opposite Robert Newton and James Mason. The following year, she played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp''. During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, she and Powell became lovers:

Although Winston Churchill thought it would ruin wartime morale, and the British Army refused to extend co-operation with the producers, the film confounded critics by proving to be an artistic and commercial success. Powell had hoped to reunite Kerr and Roger Livesey, who had played the title character, in his next film, ''A Canterbury Tale'' (1944), but her agent had sold her contract to MGM. According to Powell, his affair with Kerr ended when she made it clear to him that she would accept an offer to go to Hollywood if one were made.

It was her role as a troubled nun in ''Black Narcissus'' in 1947 which brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. The film was a hit in the US as well as the UK, and Kerr won the New York Film Critics' Award as Actress of the Year. In Hollywood, her British accent and manners led to a succession of roles portraying a refined, reserved, and proper English lady. Nevertheless, Kerr frequently used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. She starred in the 1950 adventure film, ''King Solomon's Mines'', shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. This was immediately followed by her appearance in the religious epic ''Quo Vadis?'' (1951), shot at Cinecittà in Rome, in which she played the indomitable Lygia, a first century Christian.

Kerr also departed from typecasting with a performance that brought out her sensuality, as Karen Holmes, the embittered military wife in ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. The American Film Institute acknowledged the iconic status of the scene from that film in which she and Burt Lancaster make love on a Hawaii beach amidst the crashing waves. The organisation ranked it twentieth in its list of the 100 most romantic films of all time.

From then on, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress, She portrayed a nun (''Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison''), a mama's girl (''Separate Tables''), and a governess (''The Chalk Garden'' and ''The Innocents''), but she also portrayed an earthy Australian sheep-herder's wife (''The Sundowners'') and lustful and beautiful screen enchantresses (''Beloved Infidel'', ''Bonjour Tristesse''). She also starred in comedies (''The Grass is Greener'' and ''Marriage on the Rocks'').

Among her most famous roles were Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''The King and I'' (1956), and opposite Cary Grant in ''An Affair to Remember'' (1958). In 1966, the producers of ''Carry On Screaming!'' offered her a fee comparable to that paid to the rest of the cast combined, but she turned it down in favour of appearing in an aborted stage version of ''Flowers for Algernon''. In 1967, at the age of 46, she starred in ''Casino Royale'', achieving the distinction of being the oldest 'Bond Girl' in any James Bond film.

In 1969, pressure of competition from younger, upcoming actresses made her agree to appear nude in John Frankenheimer's ''The Gypsy Moths'', the only nude scene in Kerr's career. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity in films in general, led her to abandon film work at the end of the 1960s in favour of television and theatre work.

Theatre

As a stage actress, Deborah Kerr made her Broadway debut in 1953 in Robert Anderson's ''Tea and Sympathy'', for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Kerr repeated her role along with her stage partner John Kerr (no relation) in Vincente Minnelli's film adaptation of the drama. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer-winning play ''Seascape''.

The theatre, despite her success in films, was always to remain Kerr's first love, even though going on stage filled her with trepidation:

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Television

Deborah Kerr experienced a career resurgence in the early 1980s on television, when she played the role of the nurse (played by Elsa Lanchester in the 1957 film version) in ''Witness for the Prosecution''. Later, Kerr re-teamed with screen partner Robert Mitchum in ''Reunion at Fairborough''. This period also saw Kerr take on the role as the older version of the female tycoon, Emma Harte, in the adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's ''A Woman of Substance''. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Personal life

Kerr's first marriage was to Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley on 29 November 1945. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 20 December 1951), who married the actor John Shrapnel. The Kerr-Bartley marriage was troubled, owing to Bartley's jealousy of his wife's fame and financial success, and because her career often took her away from home. Kerr and Bartley divorced in 1959.

Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. In marrying Viertel, she acquired a stepdaughter, Christine Viertel. Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, she moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella.

Some of Deborah Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. The actor Stewart Granger claimed that Kerr seduced him in the back of his chauffeur-driven car at the time he was making ''Caesar and Cleopatra''. Likewise Burt Lancaster claimed that he was romantically involved with her during the filming of ''From Here to Eternity'' in 1953. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims.

Deborah Kerr died from the effects of Parkinson's disease on 16 October 2007 at the age of 86 in the village of Botesdale, Suffolk. Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November 2007, less than three weeks later. At the time of Viertel's death, director Michael Scheingraber was filming the documentary ''Peter Viertel: Between the Lines'', which Scheingraber says will include reminiscences about events concerning Kerr and the American Academy Awards. The film is as yet (2010) unreleased.

Honours

Deborah Kerr was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1998, but was unable to accept the honour in person because of ill health. She was also honoured in Hollywood where, for her contributions to the motion picture industry, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1709 Vine Street.

Deborah Kerr won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for ''The King and I'' in 1957, and a Henrietta Award for World Film Favorite – Female.

Although she never won a BAFTA, Oscar or Cannes Film Festival award in a competitive category, all three academies gave her honorary awards. In 1984, she was awarded a Cannes Film Festival Tribute. In 1991, she received a BAFTA Special Award and in 1994, she received the Academy Honorary Award in recognition of "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance".

Award nominations

Deborah Kerr was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress: ''Edward, My Son'' (1949), ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), ''The King and I'' (1956), ''Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison'' (1957), ''Separate Tables'' (1958) and ''The Sundowners'' (1960).

She was also nominated four times for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress: ''The End of the Affair'' (1955), ''Tea and Sympathy'' (1956), ''The Sundowners'' (1961) and ''The Chalk Garden'' (1964).

She received one Emmy Award nomination in 1985 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for ''A Woman of Substance''. She was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for ''Edward, My Son'' (1949), ''Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison'' (1957) and ''Separate Tables'' (1958).

Filmography

! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
		Bit (scenes deleted)	UK release
rowspan="2"		Jenny Hill	UK release
	Sally	UK release
rowspan="4"	''Penn of Pennsylvania''	Gulielma Maria Springett	U.S. title: ''Courageous Mr. Penn''
	Mary Brodie
''The Day Will Dawn''	Kari Alstad	U.S. title: ''The Avengers''
''A Battle for a Bottle''	Linda	Voice–animated short
	''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp''	Edith Hunter/Barbara Wynne/Johnny Cannon	UK release
		Catherine Wilson	U.S. title: ''Vacation From Marriage''
	''I See a Dark Stranger''	Bridie Quilty	U.S. Title: ''The Adventuress''
rowspan="3"	''Black Narcissus''	Sister Clodagh	UK release
''The Hucksters''	Kay Dorrance
''If Winter Comes''	Nona Tybar
	''Edward, My Son''	Evelyn Boult
rowspan="2"	''Please Believe Me''	Alison Kirbe
	Elizabeth Curtis
		Lygia
rowspan="2"		Princess Flavia
	Joan Willoughby
rowspan="4"	''Young Bess''	Catherine Parr
''Dream Wife''	Effie
''From Here to Eternity''	Karen Holmes	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
		Sarah Miles
rowspan="3"	''The Proud and Profane''	Lee Ashley
	Anna Leonowens	singing voice dubbed by Marni NixonGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
''Tea and Sympathy''	Laura Reynolds
rowspan="3"	''Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison''	Sister Angela
''An Affair to Remember''	Terry McKay
	Gwinneth Livingston	Unbilled, dubbed voice of Suzy Parker in a few scenes
rowspan="2"		Anne Larson
	Sibyl Railton-Bell
rowspan="3"		Diana Ashmore
	Grace Allingham
''Beloved Infidel''	Sheilah Graham
rowspan="2"	''The Sundowners''	Ida Carmody
''The Grass Is Greener''	Lady Hilary Rhyall
rowspan="2"	''The Naked Edge''	Martha Radcliffe	UK release
	Miss Giddens	UK release
rowspan="3"	''On the Trail of the Iguana''	Herself	UK promotional short subject
''The Chalk Garden''	Miss Madrigal
	Hannah Jelkes
	''Marriage on the Rocks''	Valerie Edwards	UK release
rowspan="2"		Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry
''Eye of the Devil''	Catherine de Montfaucon	UK release
	''Prudence and the Pill''	Prudence Hardcastle	UK release
rowspan="2"	''The Gypsy Moths''	Elizabeth Brandon	US release
	Florence Anderson	US release
	''BBC2 Playhouse''	Carlotta Gray	TV episode: "A Song at Twilight"
	Nurse Plimsoll
1984	''A Woman of Substance''	Emma Harte	UK TV mini-series
rowspan="2"	''The Assam Garden''	Helen	UK release
''Reunion at Fairborough''	Sally Wells Grant	UK television film
1986	''Hold the Dream''	Emma Harte	UK TV mini-series

References

Works cited

Braun, Eric. ''Deborah Kerr''. St. Martin's Press, 1978. ISBN 0-312-18895-1.

Powell, Michael. ''A Life In Movies''. Heinemann, 1986. ISBN 0-434-59945-X.

External links

Deborah Kerr at Helensburgh Heroes

essay The Enigma of Deborah Kerr — Ephemera, media files and an essay about Ms. Kerr

55th Sydney Film Festival Deborah Kerr Retrospective ("From Kerr To Eternity" 2008)

Deborah Kerr Rhymes With Star, and What a Star She Was: She Deserves to be Remembered, Too (Huffington Post, 7 April 2008)

Deborah Kerr Tribute by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, whose ''Broken Embraces'' script was influenced by his reflections of the great international star at the time of her death (blogpedroalmodóvar, 25 March 2008)

Extensive collection of press articles from 1940s to 2000s, photo galleries and information on Deborah Kerr (April 2009)

Photographs and literature

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bgcolour	silver
name	Stewart Granger
birth name	James Lablache Stewart
birth date	May 06, 1913
birth place	London, England
death date	August 16, 1993
death place	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
years active	1933–89
occupation	Actor
spouse	Elspeth March (1938-48) (divorced) 2 childrenJean Simmons (1950-60) (divorced) 1 childCaroline LeCerf (1964-69) (divorced) 1 child }}

Stewart Granger (6 May 191316 August 1993) was an English-American film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas.

Early life

He was born James Lablache Stewart in Old Brompton Road, west London, the only son of Major James Stewart, OBE and his wife Frederica Eliza (née Lablache). Granger was educated at Epsom College and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He was the great-great grandson of the opera singer Luigi Lablache and the grandson of the actor Luigi Lablache. When he became an actor, he was obliged to change his name in order to avoid being confused with the American actor James Stewart. (Granger was his Scottish grandmother's maiden name.) Off-screen friends and colleagues would continue to call him Jimmy for the rest of his life, but to the general public he became Stewart Granger.

Career

In 1933, he made his film debut as an extra. It was at this time he met Michael Wilding and they remained friends until Wilding's death in 1979. Years of theatre work followed, initially at Hull Repertory Theatre and then, after a pay dispute, at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Here he met Elspeth March, a leading actress with the company, who became his first wife. At the outbreak of war, Granger enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders, then transferred to the Black Watch with the rank of second lieutenant. But Granger suffered from stomach ulcers - he was invalided out of the army in 1942.

His first starring film role was in the Gainsborough Pictures period melodrama ''The Man in Grey'' (1943), a film that helped to make him a huge star in Britain. A string of popular but critically dismissed films followed, including ''The Magic Bow'' in which Granger played Niccolò Paganini and ''Madonna of the Seven Moons'' (1945) which the critic Leslie Halliwell called "novelettish balderdash killed stone dead by stilted production". An exception was ''Saraband for Dead Lovers'' (1948), an Ealing Studios production. The screenplay was by John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick, who would later direct ''The Ladykillers'' (1955) and ''Sweet Smell of Success''. Granger was cast as the outsider, the handsome gambler who is perceived as 'not quite the ticket' by the established order, the Hanoverian court where the action is mostly set. Granger stated that this was one of few films of his of which he was proud.

In 1949, Granger made ''Adam and Evelyne'', starring with Jean Simmons. The story, about a much older man and a teenager whom he gradually realises is no longer a child but a young woman with mature emotions and sexuality had obvious parallels to Granger's and Simmons's own lives. Granger had first met the very young Jean Simmons when they both worked on Gabriel Pascal's ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945). Three years on, Simmons had transformed from a promising newcomer into a star - and a very attractive young woman. They married the following year in a bizarre wedding ceremony organised by Howard Hughes - one of his private aircraft flew the couple to Tucson, Arizona, where they were married, mainly among strangers, with Michael Wilding as Granger's best man.

After Granger's stage production of Leo Tolstoy's ''The Power of Darkness'' (a venture he had intended to provide a vehicle for him to star with Jean Simmons) had been very poorly received when it opened in London at the Lyric Theatre on 25 April 1949, the disappointment, added to dissatisfaction with the Rank Organisation, led his thoughts to turn to Hollywood.

So in 1949, he made the move; MGM was looking for someone to play H. Rider Haggard's hero Allan Quatermain in a film version of ''King Solomon's Mines''. On the basis of the huge success of this film, released in 1950, he was offered a seven-year contract by MGM. Following two less successful assignments, ''Soldiers Three'' and ''The Light Touch'', in 1952, he starred in ''Scaramouche'' in the role of Andre Moreau, the bastard son of a French nobleman, a part Ramón Novarro had played in the 1923 version of Rafael Sabatini's novel. Soon after this came the remake of ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1952), for which his theatrical voice, stature (6'3"; 191 cm) and dignified profile made him a natural. In ''Moonfleet'' (1955), Granger was cast as an adventurer, Jeremy Fox, in the Dorset of 1757, a man who rules a gang of cut-throat smugglers with an iron fist until he is softened by a 10-year-old boy who worships him and who believes only the best of him. The film was directed by Fritz Lang and produced by John Houseman, a former associate of Orson Welles. ''Footsteps in the Fog'' was the third and final film Granger and Jean Simmons made together - Simmons played a Cockney housemaid who finds that her adventurer employer (Granger) has poisoned his rich wife in order to inherit her wealth. ''Bhowani Junction'' (1956), was adapted from a John Masters novel about colonial India on the verge of obtaining independence. Ava Gardner played an Anglo-Indian caught between the two worlds of the British colonials and the Indians. It was a routine thriller with Communist villains. His films ''The Little Hut'' (1957), a coy sex comedy, and ''Gun Glory'' (1957), a Western story of redemption, both bombed. ''North to Alaska'' with John Wayne, ' a brawling comedy western', was the last Hollywood movie Granger made.

In Germany, Granger acted in the role of Old Surehand in three Western movies adapted from novels by German author Karl May, with French actor Pierre Brice (playing the fictional Indian chief Winnetou), in ''Unter Geiern'' (''Frontier Hellcat'') (1964), ''Der Ölprinz'' (''Rampage at Apache Wells'') (1965) and ''Old Surehand'' (''Flaming Frontier'') (1965). He was united with Pierre Brice and Lex Barker, also a hero of Karl May movies, in ''Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt'' (''Killer's Carnival'') (1966). In the German Edgar Wallace movie series of the 1960s, he was seen in ''The Trygon Factor'' (1966). He subsequently replaced actor Lee J. Cobb, Charles Bickford and John McIntire on NBC's ''The Virginian'' as the new owner of the Shiloh ranch on prime time TV for its ninth year (1971). Towards the end of his career, Granger even starred in a German soap-opera called ''Das Erbe der Guldenburgs'' (''The Guldenburg Heritage'') (1987).

Personal life

He was married three times:

Elspeth March (1938–1948); two children, Jamie and Lindsay

Jean Simmons (1950–1960), (with whom he had starred in ''Adam and Evelyne'', ''Young Bess'' and ''Footsteps in the Fog''); one daughter, Tracy

Caroline LeCerf (1964–1969); one daughter, Samantha

Stewart Granger claimed in his autobiography that Deborah Kerr had approached him romantically in the back of his chauffeur-driven car at the time he was making ''Caesar and Cleopatra''. Although married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Ms. Kerr went on to have an affair. Deborah Kerr disputed this claim, commenting, "He should be so lucky".

In 1956, Granger became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

He died in Santa Monica, California, from prostate cancer at the age of 80.

Filmography

''A Southern Maid'' (1933)

''Give Her a Ring'' (1934)

''Over the Garden Wall'' (1934)

''I Spy'' (1934)

''Under Secret Orders'' (1937)

''So This Is London'' (1939)

''Convoy'' (1940)

''Secret Mission'' (1942)

''Thursday's Child'' (1943)

''The Man in Grey'' (1943)

''The Lamp Still Burns'' (1943)

''Love Story'' (1944)

''Madonna of the Seven Moons'' (1945)

''Fanny by Gaslight'' (1944)

''Madonna of the Seven Moons'' (1945)

''Waterloo Road'' (1945), with John Mills, Alastair Sim, directed by Sidney Gilliat

''Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945), with Claude Rains

''Caravan'' (1946)

''The Magic Bow'' (1946)

''Captain Boycott'' (1947)

''Blanche Fury'' (1948)

''Saraband for Dead Lovers'' (1948), with Joan Greenwood

''Woman Hater'' (1948)

''Adam and Evelyne'' (1949)

''King Solomon's Mines'' (1950) as Allan Quatermain

''Soldiers Three'' (1951)

''The Wild North'' (1952)

''The Light Touch'' (1952), with Pier Angeli

''Scaramouche'' (1952), with Mel Ferrer

''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1952), with Deborah Kerr

''Salome'' (1953), with Rita Hayworth

''Young Bess'' (1953), with Jean Simmons

''All the Brothers Were Valiant'' (1953), with Robert Taylor

''Beau Brummell'' (1954), with Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Ustinov

''Green Fire'' (1954), with Grace Kelly

''Moonfleet'' (1955) by Fritz Lang

''Footsteps in the Fog'' (1956)

''The Last Hunt'' (1956), with Robert Taylor

''Bhowani Junction'' (1956), with Ava Gardner

''The Little Hut'' (1957)

''Gun Glory'' (1957)

''The Whole Truth'' (1958)

''Harry Black'' (1958)

''North to Alaska'' (1960), with John Wayne

''The Secret Partner'' (1961)

''Marcia o Crepa'' (''The Legion's Last Patrol''/''Commando (1964 film)'') (1962)

''Sodom and Gomorrah'' (1962) by Robert Aldrich

''Swordsman of Siena'' (1962)

''The Shortest Day'' (1963)

''The Secret Invasion'' (1964)

''Among Vultures'' (1964)

''The Crooked Road'' (1965)

''Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken'' (1965)

''Der Ölprinz'' (1965)

''Flaming Frontier'' (1965)

''Killer's Carnival'' (1966)

''Target for Killing'' (1966)

''The Trygon Factor'' (1966)

''Requiem for a Secret Agent'' (1966)

''The Last Safari'' (1967)

''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1972) (TV) as Sherlock Holmes

''The Wild Geese'' (1978), with Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Hardy Krüger

''Hell Hunters'' (1986)

''Fine Gold'' (1989)

References

External links

Britmovie.co.uk

Photographs and literature

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name	Claire Bloom
birthname	Patricia Claire Blume
birth date	February 15, 1931
birth place	Finchley, North London, England
spouse	1 child
occupation	Actress
yearsactive	1948–present }}

Claire Bloom (born Patricia Claire Blume; 15 February 1931) is an English film and stage actress.

Early life

Bloom was born in the North London suburb of Finchley, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Grew) and Edward Max Blume, who worked in sales. Her paternal grandparents, originally named Blumenthal, as well as her maternal grandparents, originally named Griewski, were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Bloom attended secondary school at the independent Badminton School in Bristol.

Career

After training at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Central School of Speech and Drama, Bloom made her debut on BBC radio programmes. She made her stage debut in 1946, when she was 15, with the Oxford Repertory Theatre. Her London stage debut was in 1947 in the hit Christopher Fry play ''The Lady's Not For Burning'', which also featured the young Richard Burton, starred John Gielgud and Pamela Brown and which, subsequently, was produced, with the aforementioned four, on Broadway in New York. The following year, she received great acclaim for her portrayal of Ophelia in ''Hamlet'', the first of many works by William Shakespeare in which Bloom would appear.

Bloom has appeared in a number of plays and theatrical works in both London and New York. Those works include ''Look Back in Anger'', ''Rashomon'', and Bloom's favorite role, that of Blanche in the Tennessee Williams play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Bloom has also performed in a one woman show that included monologues from several of her stage performances. She also starred in 1976 Broadway revival of ''The Innocents''.

Bloom's first film role was in 1948, for the film ''The Blind Goddess''.

She was chosen by Charlie Chaplin in 1952 to appear in his film ''Limelight'', which catapulted Bloom to stardom, and remains one of her most memorable roles. Limelight is probably a unique film in at least one interesting respect. Its two leads were in the industry in no less than three different centuries. In the 19th Century, Chaplin made his theatrical debut at the age of eight, in 1897, in a clog dancing troupe, The Eight Lancaster Lads. In the 21st Century, Bloom is still enjoying a full and productive career, having appeared in dozens of films and television series produced up to and including 2011.

She was subsequently featured in a number of "costume" roles in films such as ''Alexander the Great'', ''The Brothers Karamazov'', ''The Buccaneer'', and ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm''. Bloom also appeared in Laurence Olivier's film version of ''Richard III'', Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'', ''The Outrage'' with Paul Newman and Laurence Harvey, as well as the films ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' and ''Look Back in Anger'', both with Richard Burton.

In the 1960s she began to play more contemporary roles, including an unhinged housewife in ''The Chapman Report'', a psychologist in the Oscar winning film ''Charly'', and Theodora in ''The Haunting''. She also appeared in the Woody Allen films ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' (1989) and ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995). Her most recent appearance in a Hollywood film was in the 2010 film ''The King's Speech''.

Bloom has appeared on television, perhaps the most memorable of which was her portrayal of Lady Marchmain in ''Brideshead Revisited'' (1981). Other roles included two prominent BBC Television productions for director Rudolph Cartier; co-starring with Sean Connery in ''Anna Karenina'' (1961), and playing Cathy in ''Wuthering Heights'' with Keith Michell as Heathcliff (1962). She also appeared as First Lady Edith Wilson in ''Backstairs at the White House'' (1979); as Joy Gresham, the wife of C. S. Lewis in ''Shadowlands'' (For that performance she received the BAFTA Award as Best Actress. (1985), and as the older Sophy in the 1992 mini-series ''The Camomile Lawn'' on Britain's Channel 4. Her most recent appearance in a mini-series was in the 2006 version of ''The Ten Commandments''.

On continuing television series, she has appeared on the New York-based ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''. From 1991 to 1993, she portrayed villainess Orlena Grimaldi on the daytime drama ''As the World Turns''. She also had major roles in several of the BBC-Shakespeare Play television presentations and has led workshops on Shakespearean performance practices. In 2003, Bloom did a stage reading of Milton's ''Samson Agonistes'' along with actor John Neville at Bryn Mawr College at the behest of poet Karl Kirchwey.

In ]anuary 2006, she appeared on the London stage in Arthur Allan Seidelman's production of ''Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks'' by Richard Alfieri, a two-hander in which she co-starred with Billy Zane.

In October 2007, she appeared opposite Peter Bowles in ''Love Letters'' at the Théâtre Princesse Grace, Monte Carlo as part of the British Theatre Season, Monaco.

In 2008, she guest starred in ''New Tricks'' as actress Helen Brownlow. The story was about the murder of her husband whilst they were in a play together.

In December 2009, she appeared in the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' alongside David Tennant in his final story as the Tenth Doctor, as a Time Lord credited only as "The Woman." Series executive producer Russell T Davies revealed in his 2010 book ''The Writer's Tale'' that the character is supposed to be the Doctor's mother.

In 2010, she guest starred as Jill Peters in ''The Bill'' in the episode "Taking a Stand".

In 2011 she played Queen Mary in ''The King's Speech''.

Personal life

Bloom has married three times. Her first marriage, in 1959, was to actor Rod Steiger, whom she had met when they both performed in the play ''Rashomon''. Their daughter is opera singer Anna Steiger, Bloom's only child. Steiger and Bloom divorced in 1969. In that same year, Bloom married producer Hillard Elkins. The marriage lasted three years and the couple divorced in 1972. Bloom's third marriage on April 29, 1990 was to writer Philip Roth, her longtime companion. The couple divorced in 1995.

Bloom has written two memoirs about her life and career. The first, ''Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress'', was released in 1982 and was an in-depth look at her career and the film and stage roles she had portrayed. Her second book, ''Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir'', was published in 1996, and went into greater details about her personal life; she discussed not only her marriages but her romantic relationships with Richard Burton and Laurence Olivier. The book created a stir when Bloom detailed the highly complicated relationship between her and Philip Roth during their marriage. The details Bloom shared were unflattering to Roth, and created a controversy regarding the true nature of their relationship. The character of Eve Frame in Roth's 1998 novel ''I Married a Communist'' is considered by some to be his veiled rebuttal to some of the accusations made against him in her memoir.

Filmography

1952: ''Limelight''

1953: ''The Man Between''

1953: ''Innocents in Paris''

1955: ''Richard III''

1956: ''Alexander the Great''

1957: ''The Brothers Karamazov''

1958: ''The Buccaneer''

1958: ''Look Back in Anger''

1960: ''Brainwashed''

1961: ''The Chapman Report''

1962: ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm''

1963: ''The Haunting''

1963: ''Eighty Thousand Suspects''

1964: ''The Outrage''

1964: ''High Infidelity''

1965: ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold''

1968: ''Charly''

1969: ''The Illustrated Man''

1969: ''Three Into Two Won't Go''

1970: ''A Severed Head''

1973: ''The going up of David Lev''

1973: ''A Doll's House''

1976: ''Islands in the Stream''

1980: ''Hamlet'' (BBC TV)

1981: ''Brideshead Revisited''

1981: ''Clash of the Titans''

1983: ''Separate Tables''

1984: ''Ellis Island''

1985: ''Ann and Debbie'' (TV)

1985: ''Shadowlands''

1987: ''Sammy and Rosie Get Laid''

1987: ''Queenie''

1988: ''The Lady and the Highwayman''

1988: ''Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun''

1989: ''Crimes and Misdemeanors''

1992: ''It’s Nothing Personal''

1992: ''The Princess and the Goblin (film)''

1994: ''Remember''

1994: ''A Village Affair''

1995: ''Mighty Aphrodite''

1996: ''Daylight''

1997: ''What the Deaf Man Heard''

2000: ''Yesterday’s Children''

2000: ''Love and Murder: Love and Murder''

2002: ''The Book of Eve''

2003: ''The Republic of Love''

2009: ''Doctor Who: The End of Time''

2010: ''The Bill''

2010: ''The King's Speech''

References

External links

http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/27069/i-have-kept-a-sense-of-wonder.thtml

2006 Interview with Claire Bloom on Theatre.com

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1181403/Shes-seduced-galaxy-stars-Claire-Bloom-world-role--Doctor-Whos-mum.html

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name	Burt Lancaster
birth name	Burton Stephen Lancaster
birth date	November 02, 1913
birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
death date	October 20, 1994
death place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
death cause	Heart attack
education	DeWitt Clinton High School
alma mater	New York University
years active	1945–91
occupation	Actor, director, producer
spouse	June Ernst (1935–46; divorced)Norma Anderson (1946–69; divorced) 5 childrenSusan Martin (1990–94; his death) }}

Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). After initially building his career on "tough guy" roles Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image in the late 1950s in favor of more complex and challenging roles, and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation as a result.

Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in ''Elmer Gantry'' in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for ''The Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962) and ''Atlantic City'' (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as ''Marty'' (1955), ''Trapeze'' (1956), and ''Sweet Smell of Success'' (1957).

Lancaster also directed two films: ''The Kentuckian'' (1955) and ''The Midnight Man'' (1974).

In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time.

Early life

Lancaster was born in New York City, at his parents' home at 209 East 106th Street, between Second and Third Avenues, today the site of Benjamin Franklin Plaza. Lancaster was the son of Elizabeth (née Roberts) and James Henry Lancaster, who was a postman. Both of his parents were Protestants of working-class Irish origin. Lancaster's grandparents were immigrants to the U.S. from Belfast and descendants of English immigrants to Ireland. Lancaster's family believed themselves to be related to Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts. Lancaster grew up in East Harlem and spent much of his time on the streets, where he developed great interest and skill in gymnastics while attending the DeWitt Clinton High School, where he was a basketball star. Before he graduated from DeWitt Clinton, his mother died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Lancaster was accepted into New York University with an athletics scholarship but subsequently dropped out.

Circus career and military

At the age of 9, Lancaster met Nick Cravat, with whom he continued to work throughout his life. Together they learned to act in local theater productions and circus arts at Union Settlement, one of the city's oldest settlement houses. They formed the acrobat duo "Lang and Cravat" and soon joined the Kay Brothers circus. However, in 1939 an injury forced Lancaster to give up the profession, with great regret. (He would later be reunited with Cravat in nine films: ''The Flame and the Arrow'', ''The Crimson Pirate'', ''Run Silent, Run Deep'', ''The Scalphunters'', ''Airport'', ''Valdez Is Coming'', ''Ulzana's Raid'', ''The Midnight Man'' and ''The Island of Dr. Moreau''.) He then found temporary work until 1942 — first as a salesman for Marshall Fields, and then as a singing waiter in various restaurants.

The United States having then entered World War II, Lancaster joined the United States Army and performed with the Army's Twenty-First Special Services Division, one of the military groups organized to follow the troops on the ground and provide USO entertainment to keep up morale. He served with General Mark Clark's Fifth Army in Italy from 1943–1945.

Film career

Acting

Though initially unenthusiastic about acting, he returned from service, auditioned for a Broadway play, and was offered a role. Although Harry Brown's ''A Sound of Hunting'' was not successful, Lancaster's performance drew the attention of a Hollywood agent, Harold Hecht, who introduced him to Hal Wallis, who cast Lancaster in ''The Killers'' (1946). (Hecht and Lancaster later formed several production companies in the 1950s to give Lancaster greater creative control.) The tall, muscular actor won significant acclaim and appeared in two more films the following year. Subsequently, he played in a variety of films, especially in dramas, thrillers, and military and adventure films. In two, ''The Flame and the Arrow'' and ''The Crimson Pirate,'' a friend from his circus years, Nick Cravat, played a key supporting role, and both actors impressed audiences with their acrobatic prowess.

In 1953, Lancaster played one of his best remembered roles with Deborah Kerr in ''From Here to Eternity.'' The American Film Institute acknowledged the iconic status of the scene from that film in which he and Deborah Kerr make love on a Hawaiian beach amid the crashing waves. The organization named it one of "AFI's top 100 Most Romantic Films" of all time.

Lancaster won the 1960 Academy Award for Best Actor, a Golden Globe Award, and the New York Film Critics Award for his performance in ''Elmer Gantry.''

In 1968, at the age of 54, Lancaster appeared nude in director Frank Perry's film, ''The Swimmer''.

During the latter part of his career, Lancaster left adventure and acrobatic movies behind and portrayed more distinguished characters. This period brought him work on several European productions, with directors such as Luchino Visconti and Bernardo Bertolucci. Lancaster sought demanding roles, and if he liked a part or a director, he was prepared to work for much lower pay than he might have earned elsewhere. He even helped to finance movies whose artistic value he believed in. He also mentored directors such as Sydney Pollack and John Frankenheimer and appeared in several television films.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Lancaster has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

Directing and producing

Lancaster was an early and successful actor/producer. In 1952, Lancaster co-produced '''' with producer Harold Hecht (who had previously produced three Lancaster films under his own production company Norma Productions; ''Kiss the Blood Off My Hands'' (1948), ''The Flame and the Arrow'' (1950) and ''Ten Tall Men'' (1951)). In 1954, they collaborated again on ''His Majesty O'Keefe'', with Lancaster acting and Hecht producing. The writer for this film was James Hill. The trio started a production company, originally with Hill as a silent partner, under the name "Hecht-Lancaster". The name was later extended to include all three with "Hecht-Hill-Lancaster". Together they produced the films ''Apache'' (1954), ''Vera Cruz'' (1954), ''Marty'' (1955) (which won both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival), ''The Kentuckian'' (1955), ''Trapeze'' (1956), ''The Bachelor Party'' (1956), ''Sweet Smell of Success'' (1957), ''Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), ''Separate Tables'' (1958), '''' (1959), ''Take a Giant Step'' (1959), ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' (1960) and '''' (1960). The company dissolved in 1960, but Hecht would produce two more films in which Lancaster acted, under Norma Productions, '''' (1961) and ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962). Twelve years later, Hecht and Lancaster produced ''Ulzana's Raid'' (1972) together.

In the late 1960s, Lancaster teamed with Roland Kibbee to form "Norlan Productions" and produce '''' (1968), ''Valdez Is Coming'' (1971) and ''The Midnight Man'' (1974).

In addition, Lancaster directed two films, ''The Kentuckian'' (1955) and ''The Midnight Man'' (1974). ''The Midnight Man'' was in fact starred in, co-written, produced, and directed by Lancaster.

Frequent collaborations

Apart from acting in a total of seventeen films produced by Harold Hecht, Lancaster also appeared in eight films produced by Hal B. Wallis.

Lancaster made six films over the years with Kirk Douglas, including ''I Walk Alone'' (1948), ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), ''The Devil's Disciple'' (1959), ''The List of Adrian Messenger'' (1963), ''Seven Days in May'' (1964) and ''Tough Guys'' (1986) which fixed the notion of the pair as something of a team in the public imagination. The connection was firmly cemented by the time Lancaster and Douglas reteamed for their final movie, ''Tough Guys''. Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, with the exceptions of ''I Walk Alone,'' in which Douglas played a villain, their roles were usually more or less the same size, and in ''Seven Days in May'', Douglas' part was larger albeit much less dramatic and powerful than Lancaster's.

Lancaster also often asked his close friend Nick Cravat to appear in his films. They co-starred together in nine films: ''The Flame and the Arrow'' (1952), ''Ten Tall Men'' (1951), '''' (1952), ''Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), '''' (1968), ''Airport'' (1970), ''Valdez Is Coming'' (1971), ''Ulzana's Raid'' (1972), ''The Midnight Man'' (1974) and '''' (1977).

Lancaster starred in three films with Deborah Kerr; ''From Here to Eternity'', ''Separate Tables'', and ''The Gypsy Moths''.

In addition, John Frankenheimer directed five films with Lancaster: ''The Young Savages'' (1961), ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), ''Seven Days in May'' (1964), ''The Train'' (1964) and ''The Gypsy Moths'' (1969).

Lancaster used make-up veteran Robert Schiffer in twenty credited films. Lancaster hired Schiffer on nearly all the films he produced.

Personal life

Marriages and relationships

Lancaster vigorously guarded his private life. He was married three times. His first two marriages ended in divorce — to June Ernst from 1935 to 1946, and to Norma Anderson from 1946 to 1969. His third marriage, to Susan Martin, was from September 1990 until his death in 1994. All five of his children were with Norma Anderson: Bill, who became a screenwriter; James; Susan; Joanna; and Sighle (pronounced Sheila). He claims he was romantically involved with Deborah Kerr during the filming of ''From Here to Eternity'' in 1953. However, Ms. Kerr had stated that while there was a spark of attraction, nothing ever happened. He also had an affair with Joan Blondell. In her 1980 autobiography, actress Shelley Winters claimed to have had a long affair with him.

Political views

Lancaster was a vocal supporter of liberal political causes, and frequently spoke out in support of racial minorities. He was a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War and political movements such as McCarthyism, and he helped pay for the successful defense of a soldier accused of "fragging" (murdering) another soldier during the war. In 1968, Lancaster actively supported the presidential candidacy of antiwar Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, and frequently spoke on his behalf during the Democratic primaries. In 1985, Lancaster, a longtime supporter of gay rights, joined the fight against AIDS after his close friend, Rock Hudson, contracted the disease. He campaigned for Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election.

Health problems and death

As Lancaster grew older, he became increasingly plagued by atherosclerosis, barely surviving a routine gall bladder operation in January 1980. Following two minor heart attacks he had to undergo an emergency quadruple heart bypass in 1983, after which he was extremely weak, but he still managed to attend a 1988 Congressional hearing with old colleagues such as Jimmy Stewart and Ginger Rogers to protest media magnate Ted Turner's plan to colorize various black-and-white films from the 1930s and '40s. A severe stroke in November 1990 left him partly paralyzed and largely unable to speak. He died in his Century City apartment in Los Angeles from a third heart attack on October 20, 1994 at the age of 80. He was cremated and his ashes were buried under a large oak tree in Westwood Memorial Park located in Westwood Village, Los Angeles County, California. A small square ground plaque inscribed only with "BURT LANCASTER 1913-1994" marks his final resting place - GPS (lat/lon): 34.05856, -118.44061. Upon his death, as he requested, he had no memorial or funeral service.

Filmography and awards

Films

Notes
1946		'Swede' Andersen
1947		Joe Collins
1947	''Desert Fury''	Tom Hanson
1948	''I Walk Alone''	Frankie Madison
1948		Chris Keller
1948	''Sorry, Wrong Number''	Henry Stevenson
1948	''Kiss the Blood Off My Hands''	William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
1949		Steve Thompson, narrator
1949	''Rope of Sand''	Michael (Mike) Davis
1950	''The Flame and the Arrow''	Dardo Bartoli
1950	''Mister 880''	Steve Buchanan
1951	''Vengeance Valley''	Owen Daybright
1951	''Jim Thorpe – All-American''	Jim Thorpe
1951	''Ten Tall Men''	Sgt Mike Kincaid
1952	''''	Capitan Vallo
1952		Doc Delaney
1953	''South Sea Woman''	Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn
1953	''From Here to Eternity''	1st Sgt. Milton Warden	New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorNominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
1953	''Three Sailors and a Girl''	Marine (uncredited)
1954	''His Majesty O'Keefe''	Captain David Dion O'Keefe, narrator
1954		Massai
1954		Joe Erin
1955	''''	Elias Wakefield (Big Eli)	DirectorNominated—Golden Lion
1955	''''	Alvaro Mangiacavallo
1956		Mike Ribble
1956	''''	Bill Starbuck, aka Bill Smith, Bill Harley, Tornado Johnson	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1957		Marshal Wyatt Earp
1957	''Sweet Smell of Success''	J.J. Hunsecker
1958	''Run Silent, Run Deep''	Lt. Commander Jim Bledsoe
1958		John Malcolm
1959	''''	The Rev. Anthony Anderson
1960	''''	Ben Zachary
1960		Elmer Gantry	Academy Award for Best ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture DramaNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1961	''''	ADA Hank Bell
1961	''Judgment at Nuremberg''	Dr. Ernst Janning
1962		Robert Stroud	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleVolpi CupNominated—Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1963	''''	Dr. Ben Clark
1963	''''	Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
1963	''''	Cameo
1964	''Seven Days in May''	Gen. James Mattoon Scott
1964	''''	Paul Labiche
1965	''''	Col. Thaddeus Gearhart
1966	''''	Bill Dolworth
1967	''All About People''	Narrator
1968	''''	Joe Bass
1968	''''	Ned Merrill
1969	''Castle Keep''	Maj. Abraham Falconer
1969	''''	Mike Rettig
1970		Mel Bakersfeld
1971		Bannock Town Marshal Jered Maddox
1971	''Valdez Is Coming''	Marshal Bob Valdez
1972	''Ulzana's Raid''	U.S. Cavalry Scout McIntosh
1973		Cross
1973		James Farrington
1974	''''	Jim Slade	Director
1974		The Professor	David di Donatello for Best Actor
1976	''Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson''	Ned Buntline
1976		Alfredo's Grandfather
1976	''''	Col. Stephen Mackenzie
1977	''Twilight's Last Gleaming''	Gen. Lawrence Dell
1977	''''	Dr. Paul Moreau	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor
1978	''Go Tell the Spartans''	Maj. Asa Barker
1979	''Zulu Dawn''	Col. Anthony Durnford
1980		Lou Pascal	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActorDavid di Donatello for Best ActorKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActorNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorNominated—Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1981		Bill Doolin
1981
1983	''Local Hero''	Felix Happer	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1983	''''	CIA Director Maxwell Danforth
1985	''Little Treasure''	Delbert Teschemacher
1986		Harry Doyle
1987	''Il Giorno prima''	Dr. Herbert Monroe
1988	''Rocket Gibraltar''	Levi Rockwell
1989	''Field of Dreams''	Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham
1989	''La Bottega dell'orefice''	The Jeweller

TV

Notes
1974	''Moses the Lawgiver''	Moses	mini-series
1976	''Victory at Entebbe''	Shimon Peres
1978	''''	As himself, narrator	20 episode USA-USSR archival documentary series on WWII
1982		TeobaldoVisconti / Pope Gregory X	mini-series
1982		Narrator in American version	mini-series
1985		Harold Fallen
1986	''Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie''	Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz	mini-series
1986			mini-series
1989		Cardinal Federigo Borromeo	mini-series
1990	''''	Gerard Carriere	mini-series
1990	''Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair''	Leon Klinghoffer
1991	''Separate But Equal''	John W. Davis

References

External links

Literature on Burt Lancaster

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Name	David Niven
Birth name	James David Graham Niven
Birth date	March 01, 1910
Birth place	London, UK
Death date	July 29, 1983
Death place	Château-d'Oex, Switzerland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932–83
Spouse	Primula Rollo (1940–1946) (her death)Hjordis Paulina Tersmeden (1948–1983) (his death) }}

James David Graham Niven (1 March 191029 July 1983), known as David Niven, was a British actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in ''Around the World in 80 Days'' and Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in ''The Pink Panther''. He was awarded the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actor in ''Separate Tables''.

Early life

David Niven was born in London, England. He was the son of William Edward Graham Niven (1878–1915) and Henriette Julia Degacher. He was named David for his birth on Saint David's Day. Niven often claimed that he was born in Kirriemuir, in the county of Angus in 1909, but his birth certificate showed this was not true.

Henriette was of French and British ancestry. She was born in Wales, the daughter of army officer William Degacher (1841–1879) by his marriage to Julia Caroline Smith, the daughter of Lieutenant General James Webber Smith. Niven's grandfather William Degacher was killed in action at the Battle of Isandlwana (1879), during the Zulu War. Born William Hitchcock, he and his brother Henry had followed the lead of their father, Walter Henry Hitchcock, in assuming their mother's maiden name of Degacher in 1874.

William Niven, David Niven's father, was of Scottish descent; his paternal grandfather, David Graham Niven, (1811–1884) was from St. Martins, a village in Perthshire. William served in the Berkshire Yeomanry in the First World War and was killed during the Gallipoli Campaign on 21 August 1915. He was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey in the Special Memorial Section in Plot F. 10.

David's mother Henrietta then married Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt. Graham Lord, in ''NIV: The Authorized Biography of David Niven'', suggested that Comyn-Platt and Mrs. Niven had been having an affair for some time before her husband's death, and that Sir Thomas may well have been David Niven's biological father, a supposition which has some support from her children. A reviewer of Lord's book stated that Lord's photographic evidence showing a strong physical resemblance between Niven and Comyn-Platt "would appear to confirm these theories, though photographs can often be misleading."

David Niven had three older siblings: Margaret Joyce ("Joyce"; born in Geneva, Switzerland 5 January 1900 – 18 November 1981) Henry Degacher ("Max"; born in Buckland, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) 29 June 1902 – March 1953) Grizel Rosemary Graham (born in Belgravia, Middlesex (now Greater London) 28 November 1906 – 28 January 2007).

The family's country home at Buckland, Carswell Manor, was sold shortly after David's birth.

Education and army service

English public schools at the time of Niven's boyhood were marked for their heavy-handed discipline. Niven himself suffered many instances of corporal punishment owing to his inclination for pranks, which finally led to his expulsion from Heatherdown at the age of 10 and a half. This ended his chances for Eton, a significant blow to his family. He was sent to reform school, where the brutality reached even greater proportions, Niven later recounted. After failing to pass the naval entrance exam due to his difficulty with maths, Niven attended Stowe, a newly created public school led by headmaster J.F. Roxburgh. Roxburgh was unlike any headmaster Niven had experienced. Thoughtful and kind, he addressed the boys by their first name, allowed them bicycles and encouraged and nurtured their personal interests. Niven later wrote, "How he did this, I shall never know, but he made every single boy at that school feel that what he said and what he did were of real importance to the headmaster". He then attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, and graduated in 1930 with a commission as a second lieutenant in the regular Army. He did well at Sandhurst, which gave him the "officer and gentleman" bearing that was to be his trademark.

Niven requested assignment to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders or the Black Watch; then jokingly wrote on the form, as his third choice, "anything but the Highland Light Infantry" (because the HLI wore tartan trews rather than kilts). He was assigned to the HLI, and his comment was known in the regiment. Thus Niven did not enjoy his time in the Army. He served with the HLI for two years in Malta, and then for a few months in Dover. In Malta, he became friends with Roy Urquhart, future commander of the British 1st Airborne Division.

Niven grew tired of the peacetime Army. Though promoted to lieutenant on January 1, 1933, he saw no opportunity for further advancement. His ultimate decision to resign came after a lengthy lecture on machine guns, which was interfering with his plans for dinner with a particularly attractive young lady. At the end of the lecture, the speaker (a major general) asked if there were any questions. Showing the typical rebelliousness of his early years, Niven asked, "Could you tell me the time, sir? I have to catch a train."

After being placed under close arrest for this act of insubordination, Niven finished a bottle of whisky with the officer who was guarding him—Rhoddy Rose (later Colonel R. L. C. Rose, DSO, MC). With his connivance, Niven was allowed to escape from a first-floor window. He then headed for America. While crossing the Atlantic, Niven resigned his commission by telegram on September 6, 1933. Niven relocated to New York, where he began an unsuccessful career in whisky sales and horse rodeo promotion in Atlantic City. After subsequent detours to Bermuda and Cuba, he finally arrived in Hollywood in the summer of 1934.

Early film career

When Niven presented himself at the doors of Central Casting, he found out that he had to have a work permit, to allow him to reside and work in the U.S.

This meant that Niven had to leave U.S. soil, and he left for Mexico, where he worked as a "gun-man", cleaning and polishing the rifles of visiting American hunters. He received his Resident Alien Visa from the American Consulate when his birth certificate arrived from England. He then returned to the U.S. and was accepted by Central Casting as "Anglo-Saxon Type No. 2008".

His first work as an extra was as a Mexican in a Western. This inauspicious start notwithstanding, he then found himself an agent: Bill Hawks. He had several bit parts in 1933, 1934, and 1935, including a non-speaking part in MGM's ''Mutiny on the Bounty'', which brought him to wider attention within the film industry.

Niven thus came to the attention of independent film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who signed him to a contract and established his career. Niven appeared in 19 movies in the next four years. He had supporting roles in several major films: ''Rose-Marie'' (1936), ''Dodsworth'' (1936), ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (1936), ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937); and leading roles in ''The Dawn Patrol'' (1938), ''Three Blind Mice'' (1938), and ''Wuthering Heights'' (1939), playing opposite such famous stars as Errol Flynn, Loretta Young, and Laurence Olivier. In 1939 he co-starred with Ginger Rogers in the RKO comedy ''Bachelor Mother'', and starred as the eponymous gentleman safe-cracker in ''Raffles''.

Niven joined what became known as the Hollywood Raj, a group of British actors in Hollywood. Other members of the group included Rex Harrison, Errol Flynn, Boris Karloff, Stan Laurel, Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman and Leslie Howard and C. Aubrey Smith. According to his autobiography, he and Errol Flynn shared a house, which they dubbed "Cirrhosis-by-the-Sea" although in fact the co-habitee was Robert Newton, a less well-known actor and thus perhaps less suitable for inclusion in Niven's dinner table anecdotes.

World War II service

After the United Kingdom declared war in 1939, Niven returned to Britain and rejoined the Army. He was alone among British stars in Hollywood in doing so; the British Embassy advised most British actors to stay, many were over the age for military service and did not have Niven's military education and experience. Niven was re-commissioned as a lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade on 25 February 1940, and was assigned to a motor training battalion. But he wanted something more exciting, and transferred into the Commandos. He was assigned to a training base at Inverailort House in the Western Highlands. Niven later claimed credit for bringing future Major General Sir Robert Laycock to the Commandos.

David Niven commanded 'A' Squadron GHQ Liaison Regiment, better known as Phantom.

Niven also worked with the Army Film Unit. He acted in two films during the war, ''The First of the Few'' (1942) and ''The Way Ahead'' (1944). Both films were made to win support for the British war effort, especially in the U.S. His Film Unit work included a small part in the deception operation that used minor actor M. E. Clifton James to impersonate Field Marshal Montgomery.

During his work with the Film Unit, Peter Ustinov, though one of the script-writers, had to pose as Niven's batman. (Ustinov also acted in ''The Way Ahead''.) Niven in his autobiography explained that there was no military way that he, as a lieutenant-colonel, and Ustinov, who was only a private, could associate, save as an officer and his servant, hence their strange "act". Ustinov later appeared with Niven in ''Death on the Nile'' (1978).

Niven took part in the Invasion of Normandy, arriving several days after D-Day. He served in the "Phantom Signals Unit", which located and reported enemy positions, and kept rear commanders up to date on changing battle lines. Niven was posted at one time to Chilham in Kent.

Niven remained close-mouthed about the war, despite public interest in celebrities in combat and a reputation for storytelling. He said once: "I will, however, tell you just one thing about the war, my first story and my last. I was asked by some American friends to search out the grave of their son near Bastogne. I found it where they told me I would, but it was among 27,000 others, and I told myself that here, Niven, were 27,000 reasons why you should keep your mouth shut after the war." Niven also had special scorn for the newspaper columnists covering the war who typed out self-glorifying and excessively florid prose about their meagre wartime experiences. Niven stated, "Anyone who says a bullet sings past, hums past, flies, pings, or whines past, has never heard one—they go ''crack''!"

He gave a few details of his war experience in his autobiography, ''The Moon's a Balloon'': his private conversations with Winston Churchill, the bombing of London, and what it was like entering Germany with the occupation forces. Niven first met Churchill at a dinner party in February 1940. Churchill singled him out from the crowd and stated, "Young man, you did a fine thing to give up your film career to fight for your country. Mark you, had you not done so − it would have been despicable."

A few stories have surfaced. About to lead his men into action, Niven eased their nervousness by telling them, "Look, you chaps only have to do this once. But I'll have to do it all over again in Hollywood with Errol Flynn!" Asked by suspicious American sentries during the Battle of the Bulge who had won the World Series in 1943, he answered "Haven't the foggiest idea . . . But I did co-star with Ginger Rogers in ''Bachelor Mother''!"

Niven ended the war as a lieutenant-colonel. On his return to Hollywood after the war, he received the Legion of Merit, an American military order. Presented by Eisenhower himself, it honoured Niven's work in setting up the BBC Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme, a radio news and entertainment station for the Allied forces.

Post-war acting career

In spite of a six-year absence from the screen, Niven came second in the 1945 Popularity Poll of British film stars.

He resumed his career in 1946, now only in starring roles. ''A Matter of Life and Death'' (1946), ''The Bishop's Wife'' (1947), and ''Enchantment'' (1948) are all highly regarded. In 1950 he starred in ''The Elusive Pimpernel'', which was made in Britain and was to be distributed by Samuel Goldwyn. Goldwyn pulled out, and the film did not appear in the U.S. for three years.

Niven had a long and complex relationship with Goldwyn, who gave him his first start. But the dispute over ''The Elusive Pimpernel'' and Niven's demands for more money led to a long estrangement in the 1950s.

During this period Niven was largely barred from the Hollywood studios. In 1951 to 1956, he made 11 movies, of which two were MGM productions, and the rest were low-budget British or independent productions. However, Niven won a Golden Globe Award for his work in ''The Moon Is Blue'' (1953), produced and directed by Otto Preminger.

In 1955 renowned British photographer Cornel Lucas photographed David Niven while filming at the Rank Film Studio in Denham. These images can be seen at The Cornel Lucas Collection. A limited edition of British postage stamps was produced using one of Cornel Lucas' images taken during this portrait sitting.

Niven also worked in television. Niven appeared several times on various short-drama shows, and was one of the "four stars" of the dramatic anthology series ''Four Star Playhouse'', appearing in 33 episodes. The show was produced by Four Star Television, which was co-owned by Niven, Robert Montgomery, and Charles Boyer. The show ended in 1955, but Four Star TV became a highly successful TV production company.

Niven's film career took off in 1956, when he starred as Phileas Fogg in Michael Todd's immensely successful production of ''Around the World in 80 Days''.

He appeared in 13 more TV episodes. Niven won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actor for ''Separate Tables''; he was also a co-host of the 30th, 31st and 46th Academy Awards ceremonies.

After Niven won the Academy Award, Goldwyn called with an invitation to his home. In Goldwyn's drawing room, Niven noticed a picture of himself in uniform that he had sent to Goldwyn from England during World War II. In happier times with Goldwyn, he had observed this same picture sitting on Goldwyn's piano. Now years later, the picture was still in exactly the same spot. As he was looking at the picture, Goldwyn's wife Frances said "Sam never took it down."

With an Academy Award to his credit, Niven's career continued to improve. In 1959, he became the host of his own TV drama series, ''The David Niven Show'', which ran for 13 episodes that summer.

Over the rest of his career, Niven appeared in over thirty additional movies. These included ''The Guns of Navarone'' (1961), and ''The Pink Panther'' (1963), ''Murder by Death'' (1976), ''Death on the Nile'' (1978), and ''The Sea Wolves'' (1980), but also a lot of less memorable films.

In 1964, he was cast (along with Boyer) in the Four Star series ''The Rogues''. Niven played Alexander 'Alec' Fleming, one of a family of retired con artists who now fleece villains in the interests of justice. This was his only recurring role on television. ''The Rogues'' ran for only one season, but won a Golden Globe award.

In 1967, he appeared as one of seven incarnations of 007 in the James Bond spoof ''Casino Royale''. In fact, Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in ''Dr. No''. ''Casino Royale'' co-producer Charles K. Feldman said later that Fleming had written the book with Niven in mind, and therefore had sent a copy to Niven.

Niven was the only James Bond actor mentioned by name in the text of Fleming's novels. In ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', Bond visits an exclusive ski resort in Switzerland where he is told that David Niven is a frequent visitor and in ''You Only Live Twice'', David Niven is referred to as the only real gentleman in Hollywood. In the Ian Fleming novel ''You Only Live Twice'', Kissy Suzuki has a cormorant whom she has named David after Niven.

While Niven was co-hosting the 46th Annual Oscars ceremony, a naked man appeared behind him, "streaking" across the stage. Niven responded "Isn't it fascinating to think, that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life, is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?"

In 1974, he hosted ''David Niven's World'' for London Weekend Television. This was a series of profiles of contemporary adventurers such as hang gliders, motorcyclists, and mountain climbers. It ran for 21 episodes.

In 1975, he narrated ''The Remarkable Rocket'', a short animation based on a story by Oscar Wilde.

In 1979, he appeared in ''Escape to Athena'', which was produced by his son David Jr.

Also in 1979, Niven starred in the television miniseries ''A Man Called INTREPID'', based on the supposed memoir of Sir William Stephenson, a Canadian master spy for British intelligence. (In fact the book was mostly invented by co-author William Stevenson (no relation), Sir William then being very old.)

In July 1982, Blake Edwards brought Niven back for cameo appearances in two final "Pink Panther" movies (''Trail of the Pink Panther'' and ''Curse of the Pink Panther''), reprising his role as Sir Charles Litton. By this time, Niven was having serious health problems. When the raw footage was reviewed, his voice was inaudible, and his lines had to be dubbed by Rich Little. Niven was not told of this—he learned it from a newspaper report. This was his last film appearance.

Writing

Niven wrote four books. The first, ''Round the Rugged Rocks'', was a novel which appeared in 1951 and was forgotten almost at once. In 1971, he published his autobiography, ''The Moon's a Balloon'', which was well-received, selling over five million copies. He followed this with ''Bring On the Empty Horses'' in 1975, a collection of highly entertaining reminiscences from Hollywood's "Golden Age" in the 1940s. It now appears that Niven recounted many incidents from a first person perspective which actually happened to other people, and which he borrowed and embroidered. In 1981, Niven published a second and much more successful novel, ''Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly'', which was set during and after World War II, and drew on his experiences during the war and in Hollywood. He was working on a third novel when his health failed in 1983.

Marriages

After a whirlwind two-week romance in 1940, Niven married Primula Susan Rollo (18 February 1918, London – 21 May 1946, Beverly Hills, California), the aristocratic daughter of a British lawyer. The couple had two sons, David Jr. and Jamie. Primula, whom he called Primmie, died at age 28, only six weeks after moving to the U.S., of a fractured skull and brain lacerations from an accidental fall in the home of Tyrone Power. While playing sardines, she walked through a door believing it led to a closet. Instead, it led to a stone staircase to the basement.

Niven recalled this as the darkest period of his life, years afterwards thanking his friends for their patience and forbearance during this time. He later claimed to have been so grief-stricken that he thought for a while that he had gone mad. Following a suicide attempt involving a handgun that failed to go off, he eventually rallied and returned to film making.

In 1948, Niven met Hjördis Paulina Tersmeden (née Genberg, 1919–1997), a divorced Swedish fashion model. The moment of his meeting her was recounted by Niven:

I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life—tall, slim, auburn hair, uptilted nose, lovely mouth and the most enormous grey eyes I had ever seen. It really happened the way it does when written by the worst lady novelists...I goggled. I had difficulty swallowing and had champagne in my knees.

They married six weeks later. Unfortunately, Niven's second marriage was as tumultuous as his first marriage was content.

In an unsuccessful effort to bring harmony to the marriage, they adopted two girls, Kristina and Fiona. Kristina later told biographer Graham Lord that she was convinced that she was Niven's secret child by another fashion model, Mona Gunnarson.

All four of Niven's children, as well as many of his friends, told Lord that Hjördis, unable to achieve an acting career, had affairs with other men and became an alcoholic.

In October 1951, while pheasant shooting with friends in New England, Hjördis was shot in the face, neck and chest by two of Niven's companions. Local doctors wished to operate immediately to remove the bird shot. However, another doctor advised Niven to allow the swelling of the face to go down. In this way his wife avoided disfigurement.

While convalescing in the Blackstone Hotel in New York, Niven and Hjördis were next door neighbours with Audrey Hepburn, who made her debut on Broadway that season. In 1960, while filming ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies'' with Doris Day, Niven and Hjördis separated for a few weeks, though they later reconciled.

Hjördis recovered from her alcoholism after Niven's death in 1983, but returned to it before her own death of a stroke in 1997. She was 78. Niven's friend Billie More noted: "This is not kind, but when Hjördis died I can't think of a single soul who was sorry". Kristina and Fiona told Graham Lord that Hjördis added insult to injury by forbidding them to bury her alongside her husband in the place left for her in his double grave in Switzerland.

Lord wrote that "the biggest wreath, worthy of a Mafia Godfather's funeral, was delivered from the porters at London's Heathrow Airport, along with a card that read: 'To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a porter feel like a king.'"

Niven died on the same day as Raymond Massey, his co-star in ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' and ''A Matter of Life and Death''.

A thanksgiving service was held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 27 October 1983. The congregation of 1200 included Prince Michael of Kent, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, Sir John Mills, Sir Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Sir David Frost, Joanna Lumley, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sir Laurence Olivier.

Other media

Niven's likeness was used as the inspiration for the DC Comics Green Lantern supervillain, Sinestro.

Quotations

By Niven:

"It really is amazing. Can you imagine being wonderfully overpaid for dressing up and playing games? It's like being Peter Pan."

"I've been lucky enough to win an Oscar, write a best-seller — my other dream would be to have a painting in the Louvre. The only way that's going to happen is if I paint a dirty one on the wall of the gentlemen's lavatory."

When asked why he seemed so incredibly cheerful all the time: "Well, old bean, life is really so bloody awful that I feel it’s my absolute duty to be chirpy and try and make everybody else happy too."

Deadpanning after a streaker ran across stage during an Academy Award telecast: "Well, ladies and gentlemen, that was almost bound to happen. But isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?"

About Niven:

"I don't think his acting ever quite achieved the brilliance or the polish of his dinner-party conversations." — John Mortimer

"David's life was Wodehouse with tears." John Mortimer speaking at Niven's memorial service, quoted by Niven biographer Graham Lord.

"Niv was the twinkling star, the meteor who lit up every room he entered; I am just the dreary drudge whose job it is to try to tell the truth." — Niven biographer Graham Lord, in the preface to his book ''Niv.''

Filmography

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''There Goes the Bride'' (1932)

''Eyes of Fate'' (1933)

''Cleopatra'' (1934)

''Without Regret'' (1935)

''Barbary Coast'' (1935)

''A Feather in Her Hat'' (1935)

''Splendor'' (1935)

''Mutiny On the Bounty'' (1935) extra-uncredited

''Rose-Marie'' (1936)

''Palm Springs'' (1936)

''Dodsworth'' (1936)

''Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 4'' (1936)

''Thank You, Jeeves!'' (1936)

''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (1936)

''Beloved Enemy'' (1936)

''We Have Our Moments'' (1937)

''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937)

''Dinner at the Ritz'' (1937)

''Bluebeard's Eighth Wife'' (1938)

''Four Men and a Prayer'' (1938)

''Three Blind Mice'' (1938)

''The Dawn Patrol'' (1938)

''Wuthering Heights'' (1939)

''Bachelor Mother'' (1939)

''The Real Glory'' (1939)

''Eternally Yours'' (1939)

''Raffles'' (1939)

''The First of the Few'' (1942)

''The Way Ahead'' (1944)

''A Matter of Life and Death'' (1946)

''Magnificent Doll'' (1946)

''The Perfect Marriage'' (1947)

''The Other Love'' (1947)

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''The Bishop's Wife'' (1947)

''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (1948)

''Enchantment'' (1948)

''A Kiss in the Dark'' (1949)

''A Kiss for Corliss'' (1949)

''The Elusive Pimpernel'' (1950)

''The Toast of New Orleans'' (1950)

''Happy Go Lovely'' (1951)

''Soldiers Three'' (1951)

''Appointment with Venus'' (1951)

''The Lady Says No'' (1952)

''The Moon Is Blue'' (1953)

''The Love Lottery'' (1954)

''Happy Ever After'' (1954)

''Carrington V.C.'' (1955)

''The King's Thief'' (1955)

''The Birds and the Bees'' (1956)

''The Silken Affair'' (1956)

''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956)

''Oh, Men! Oh, Women!'' (1957)

''The Little Hut'' (1957)

''My Man Godfrey'' (1957)

''Screen Snapshots: Glamorous Hollywood'' (1958)

''Bonjour Tristesse'' (1958)

''Separate Tables'' (1958)

''Ask Any Girl'' (1959)

''Happy Anniversary'' (1959)

''Please Don't Eat the Daisies'' (1960)

''The Guns of Navarone'' (1961)

''The Shortest Day'' (1962)

''Conquered City'' (1962)

''The Best of Enemies'' (1962)

''The Road to Hong Kong'' (1962)

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''Guns of Darkness'' (1962)

''55 Days at Peking'' (1963)

''The Pink Panther'' (1963)

''Bedtime Story'' (1964)

''Where the Spies Are'' (1965)

''Lady L'' (1965)

''Eye of the Devil'' (1966)

''All Eyes on Sharon Tate'' (1967)

''Casino Royale'' (1967)

''Prudence and the Pill'' (1968)

''The Impossible Years'' (1968)

''The Extraordinary Seaman'' (1969)

''The Brain'' (1969)

''Before Winter Comes'' (1969)

''The Statue'' (1971)

''King, Queen, Knave'' (1972)

''The Canterville Ghost'' (1974)

''Vampira'' (1974)

''Old Dracula'' (1974)

''Paper Tiger'' (1975)

''The Remarkable Rocket'' (1975)

''No Deposit, No Return'' (1976)

''Murder by Death'' (1976)

''Candleshoe'' (1977)

''Speed Fever'' (1978)

''Death on the Nile'' (1978)

''A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square'' (1979)

''Escape to Athena'' (1979)

''Rough Cut'' (1980)

''The Sea Wolves'' (1980)

''Better Late Than Never'' (1982)

''Trail of the Pink Panther'' (1982)

''Curse of the Pink Panther'' (1983)

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Bibliography

Niven, David (1951). ''Round the Rugged Rocks''. London: The Cresset Press.

Footnotes

References

General references

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