Sir Arthur John Gielgud , OM , CH (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and director.[1] Gielgud was born in South Kensington , London and attended Westminster School . He acted in theatre , on radio , television and in movies .
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Sir John Gielgud
Born Arthur John Gielgud
(1904-04-14 ) 14 April 1904Died 21 May 2000(2000-05-21) (aged 96) Occupations
Actor
director
producer
singer
Years active 1924–2000 Partner Martin Hensler (ca. 1963–1998)
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Gielgud won many awards, including an Academy Award , two Emmy Awards , three Tony Awards , a Grammy Award and two Golden Globe Awards .[2] In 1992 he received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award , a lifetime achievement award. The Globe Theatre in London was renamed the Gielgud Theatre in 1994 in his honour.
Gielgud was gay .[1] He was in a long-term relationship until his partner died in 1998. Gielgud died in Wootton Underwood , Buckinghamshire .
1966: Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Program, for Gielgud's Ages of Man
1982: Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special, for Brideshead Revisited
1984: Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special, for The Master of Ballantrae
1985: Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special, for Romance on the Orient Express
1989: Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a miniseries or Special, for War and Remembrance
1991: Winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie , for Summer's Lease
Gielgud in a 1930s publicity photograph
1948: Winner for Outstanding Foreign Company, The Importance of Being Earnest
1959: Winner, Special Award, for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man show, Ages of Man
1961: Winner for Best Director (Dramatic), for Big Fish, Little Fish , a play by Hugh Wheeler
1963: Nominated for Best Director (Dramatic), for The School for Scandal
1965: Nominated for Best Actor (Dramatic) , for Tiny Alice
1971: Nominated for Best Actor (Dramatic), for Home
Evening Standard Awards
1970 Co-winner for Best Actor for Home (with Ralph Richardson )
1975 Winner for Best Actor for No Man's Land
1982 Winner, Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
1959: Nominated for Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording, for Ages of Man
1964: Nominated for Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording, for Hamlet with Richard Burton , Hume Cronyn , Alfred Drake , George Voskovec , Eileen Herlie , William Redfield and George Rose
1964: Nominated for Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording, for Ages of Man, Volume 2 (One Man in His Time) Part Two - Shakespeare
1979: Winner for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording, for Ages of Man - Recordings from Shakespeare
1982: Nominated for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording, for No Man's Land with Ralph Richardson
1983: Nominated for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording, for Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats with Irene Worth
1986: Nominated for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording, for Gulliver
1988: Nominated for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording, for A Christmas Carol
1989: Nominated for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording, for Sir John Gielgud Reads Alice in Wonderland
1991: Nominated for Best Album for Children, for The Emperor's New Clothes with Mark Isham
1977: Best Actor, for Providence
1981: Best Supporting Actor, for Arthur
Los Angeles Movie Critics Association Awards
1981: Best Supporting Actor, for Arthur
1985: Best Supporting Actor, for Plenty
1981: Winner for Best Supporting Actor, for Arthur
1988: Winner for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, for War and Remembrance
1989: Nominated for Best Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, for War and Remembrance