Guinness, (de Cuffe), Sir Alec
- Guinness, (de Cuffe), Sir Alec
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died Aug. 5, 2000, Midhurst, West Sussex
British actor.
He made his stage debut in 1934. His reputation soared after 1936, when he joined the
Old Vic company and starred in plays by
William Shakespeare,
George Bernard Shaw, and Anton Chekhov. A versatile actor, he won the praise of New York critics and audiences in Shakespearean roles and in T.S. Eliot's
The Cocktail Party (1946). His many films include comedies such as
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949),
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951),
The Captain's Paradise (1953), and
Our Man in Havana (1959) as well as dramas such as
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Academy Award) and
Tunes of Glory (1960). He won a new generation of fans in three
Star Wars films (1977, 1980, 1983).
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