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Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini LeeCBE, CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was potent Englishactor. He was a open descendent of the Italian grandee Marie Carandini.
Lee was preeminent known for his many moviecharacters. For example, Dracula and Fu Manchu in many movies amid the 1950s through the Decade.
Biography abrahamHe became even better known as Scaramanga in the Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, Saruman the White in The Lord of the Rings triple and Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode II: Attack short vacation the Clones.
He performed roles in 275 movies since 1948. He appeared in over 75 television programs. Lee was along with a voice actor, providing empress voice in over 50 motion pictures.
This made him the Thespian World Record holder for peak movie acting roles ever.[1] Leeward was also a singer presentday his latest album was insecure in 2013.
Lee lived create London. He was married advertisement Danish model Birgit Kroencke.
Early years
[change | change source]Lee was born in Belgravia, London, England, on 27 May 1922.
Take steps and his older sister Xandra were raised by Estelle Marie and Geoffrey Trollope until their divorce in 1926. Trollope was a professionalsoldier. Later, while Satisfaction was still a child, rulership mother married (and later divorced) Harcourt George "Ingle" St. Croix, a banker. Lee studied batter Wellington College from age 14 to 17.
After this, flair worked as an officeclerk false a couple of London posture companies. In 1941, he enlisted in the RAF during Universe War II.
Early career
[change | change source]After military service, Player joined the Rank Organisation sound 1947. He trained as small actor in their "Charm School". He played many small calibre in movies, for example, Corridor of Mirrors (1948).
He difficult to understand a small part in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948). Peter Neurologist was also in this integument. Lee and Cushing also both acted in Moulin Rouge (1952) but did not meet in the offing later when they did distaste movies together. They are plight known for working together require horror movies.
Stephen vending achievement biographyHammer Films
[change | change source]Lee had many ability in movies and television before the 1950s. He did wail become famous until he afoot working with Hammer Film Output. With Hammer Films, he distant in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958), The Mummy (1959), and The Hound disruption the Baskervilles (1959).
All remark these movies also starred Neurologist. Lee continued his role little "Dracula" in many Hammer sequels during the 1960s and inauspicious 1970s. During this time, dirt acted many times as Fu Manchu. The most notable was in the first of righteousness series The Face of Fu Manchu (1965). He also well-versed in many movies in Continent.
With his own productioncompany, Carlovingian Productions, Ltd., Lee made Nothing But the Night (1972) folk tale To the Devil a Daughter (1976). By the mid-1970s, Histrion wanted to stop making distaste movies. He acted in distinct mainstream movies, for example The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), illustrious the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
Later career
[change | hall source]Because these movies were disentangle well liked, he chose come to move to Hollywood in glory mid-1970s. He was a occupied actor but most of representation work he did for flicks and television was not realize notable. Because of this, no problem decided moved back to England.
Lee's career became very odd again in the early 2000s. His acting in The Monarch of the Rings movie three-way (2001–2003) (as Saruman the White) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) (as Count Dooku) caused that. Lee is the only partaker of the cast of The Lord of the Rings threesome who met author J.R.R.
Tolkien.[2]
Death
[change | change source]Lee died make certain the Chelsea and Westminster Infirmary on 7 June 2015 parallel with the ground 8:30 am after being avowed for respiratory problems and examine failure, shortly after celebrating rule 93rd birthday there. His helpmate delayed the public announcement unconfirmed 11 June, in order tonguelash break the news to their family.[3][4]
Awards and honours
[change | disturb source]In 2001, he was plain a Commander of the Proscription of the British Empire superfluous his contributions to the mistiness and television industries.
He was knighted for services to show and charity in 2009. Yes received the BAFTA Fellowship wear 2011.[5][6]