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Alec Guinness
A portrait based on access to the late actor's personal writings offers insight into his experiences as a soldier in World War II, his stage and film achievements, and his fiercely private personal life.
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Alec Guinness the Unknown
The definitive, highly revealing biography of a great actor whose career spanned the twentieth century. Alec Guinness appeared in 77 films and 55 plays, winning acclaim for commanding roles such as Professor Marcus in The Lady Killers, Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars and George Smiley in Smiley`s People. He was an astonishingly gifted actor who became a British institution, a familiar figure to many. And yet Alec Guinness was a many-layered, complex man who was careful throughout his life to show only a little of his real self, never too much. He died with a large part of the truth still hidden. Now, for the first time, Garry O`Connor is able to reveal the full story, including startling new inf...
Alec Guinness
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Alec Guinness
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Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE, born Alec Guinness de Cuffe, on 2nd April 1914, at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK was an actor. After an early career on the stage, Alec appeared in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets, in which he played 9 different characters. Guinness collaborated 6 times with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984).
Alec Guinness
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Alec Guinness
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Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness appeared in seventy-seven films and fifty-five plays in an outstanding career that spanned the century. He won acclaim for stage, film and television performances, and yet he was a complex man who was careful throughout his life to show only a little of his real self. He died with a large part of the truth still hidden. Garry O'Connor here reveals the full story. The result is a multi-layered portrait of a man shaped by his illegitimacy and his strained relationship with his mother, seeking for certainties in his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Backed by impeccable research, including interviews with Guinness himself, this riveting biography will add a new depth to our understanding not just of Guinness's life but of his remarkable acting ability.
