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☆ Michael Gambon, Dumbledore actor in ‘Harry Potter,’ dies age 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Zahid Mahmood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Actor Michael Gambon, best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the “Harry Potter” movies, has died at 82 following a “bout of pneumonia,” a statement issued on behalf of his family said on Thursday, PA Media news agency reported. I collect cars and guns, which are much more expensive, and much more difficult to store.”Michael Gambon in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Four years later, Gambon joined the Birmingham Repertory Company, finally playing title roles in his favorite Shakespearean plays. But it was as Hogwarts’ headmaster Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” film series that Gambon will perhaps be best remembered, a role he took up following the death of Richard Harris in 2002. In all, Gambon was cast as Dumbledore for six of the eight “Harry Potter” films.

Persons: Michael Gambon, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter ”, ”, Sir Michael Gambon, Clair Dobbs, Michael, Anne, Fergus, ” Gambon, Gambon, toolmaker, “ I’ve, “ Richard Briers, Harry Potter, Murray, Laurence Olivier, Philip Marlow, ’, Dumbledore, Richard Harris Organizations: CNN, Media, Guardian, Warner Bros, Royal Academy of Dramatic, National Theatre Company, Birmingham Repertory Company, British Empire Locations: Cabra, Dublin, London, Irish, Camden, British

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." McCallum died Monday of natural causes surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS said in a statement. His parents were musicians; his father, also named David, played violin, his mother played cello. When David was 3, the family moved to London, where David Sr. played with the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic. In 2007, when he was working on “NCIS,” McCallum told a reporter: “I’ve always felt the harder I work, the luckier I get.

Persons: David McCallum, McCallum, “ David, ”, James Bond, Ian Fleming, Jon Heitland's “, Robert Vaughn, Napoleon Solo, Illya, “ I’d, ’, Vaughn, Donald “ Ducky, Mark Harmon, Ducky, “, Lauren Holly, Steven D, Binder, David North, Sapphire, “ Amadeus ”, Michael Sheen, David Suchet, ” David Keith McCallum, David, David Sr, Young David, Jill Ireland, Charles Bronson, Bronson, ” McCallum, Katherine, Carpenter, we’ve, Paul, Jason, Valentine, Peter, Sophie, ” Peter McCallum, “ I’ve, ” ___ Bob Thomas Organizations: ANGELES, New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS, Scottish, United Network Command, Law, Naval Criminal Investigation Service, Navy, Hallmark, of Fame, City, Associated Press, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Academy of Dramatic, Los Angeles Times Locations: New, Russian, Los Angeles, New York, Santa Monica, U.S, American, Glasgow, London, Australia, Ireland, “

☆ Glenda Jackson, British actor turned politician, dies aged 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Elizabeth Piper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Raw-boned, pallid and angular, with striking, sharp eyes, she had starred on stage, television and film before quitting to take up politics, declaring: "An actor's life is not interesting". Jackson also won two Emmy awards for her portrayal of England's Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC's 1971 television series "Elizabeth R". After more than three decades on stage and film, Jackson quit acting and took her no-nonsense, straight-talking style into politics. In 1992, at the age of 55, Jackson won a seat in parliament representing the left-of-centre Labour Party in a constituency in north London. In parliament, Jackson was vociferous in her condemnation of the Conservative Party which she accused of instilling a "dreadful, dreadful moral malaise" in Britain.

☆ Glenda Jackson: Two-time Oscar-winning actress and former politician dies at age 87 - PA
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Two-time Oscar-winning actress and former UK politician Glenda Jackson “died peacefully” after a brief illness at the age of 87, her agent confirmed, according to PA Media. Born in the western town of Birkenhead in England in 1936, Jackson joined an amateur theater group as a teenager before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After graduating she starred on London’s West End and made her Broadway debut in 1965 in a production of “Marat/Sade.”The screen followed. She was an MP for 23 years, during which her party came to power in a landslide under former Prime Minister Tony Blair. This is a breaking news story.

Persons: Oscar, Glenda Jackson “, Jackson, “ Marat, Sade, Oliver Reed, ”, Tony Blair Organizations: CNN, PA Media, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Broadway, Labour Locations: Birkenhead, England, London, Love

☆ Glenda Jackson, Oscar-Winning Actress Turned Politician, Dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Benedict Nightingale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But she did not flourish there and left at 16. (Ms. Jackson remained convinced that she was plain, even ugly — a belief later reinforced by the academy’s principal, who told her that she could become only a character actress and “shouldn’t expect to work much before you’re 40.”)The schooling prepared her for what became six years in provincial repertory. In 1958 she married Roy Hodges, a fellow actor. Regional stage work meant periods of unemployment, odd jobs and poverty for the couple, and Ms. Jackson later admitted that she had shoplifted food and other essentials that she could conceal under her coat. Her big break came in 1964, when the director Mr. Brook brought her into an experimental group he was assembling for the recently formed Royal Shakespeare Company.

Persons: Glenda, Albert Finney, Peter O’Toole, Jackson, “, Roy Hodges, Brook, “ Marat, Sade, Tony, Jackson’s Charlotte Corday Organizations: Navy, West, West Kirby County Grammar School for Girls, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadway Locations: West Kirby, London

☆ Julia Roberts says Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill for her birth
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Ariana Brockington | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

In honor of Julia Roberts’s 55th birthday, fans are recirculating the unbelievable historical fact that connects her to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. “The King family paid for my hospital bills.”The television personality emphasized the significance and clarified, “Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. As Obsev reported, one of those children was the Kings’ daughter Yolanda King, who died in 2007 at the age of 51. Yolanda King was cast as the love interest of a white actor in one of the school’s productions and the two shared a kiss in a scene. Yolanda King said, “It was an extended family, it really was.

☆ ‘Madly, Deeply’ Review: The Cul-de-Sac of Stardom
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Dominic Green | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Performance heightens the impression of individuality, but when actors are offstage, they show little variation of character, and less depth. English actors notoriously devolve into the genus known as “luvvies,” for their insistent exploitation of the word that they know everyone wants to hear. Alan Rickman, who died of cancer in 2016, was one of the leading luvvies of his generation. His biography is typical of British male stars, a two-act drama that begins in theater and ends in the movies. Act II is payback: the movies.

☆ Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2018-02-20 | by ( Ben Brantley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

(Her father was a bricklayer; her mother cleaned houses and worked in shops.) When she began to audition professionally, she was told she could expect only character parts. (Their son, Dan, would grow up to become a political columnist; Ms. Jackson now lives in the basement flat of the house he shares with his wife and son.) In 1963, she was invited to audition for a Royal Shakespeare Company season devoted to the Theater of Cruelty. It was just calling on so many things that I hadn’t realized were possible in acting.”

Persons: “, ”, Glenda Jackson, Roy Hodges, Dan, Jackson, Peter Brook, Brook, Christine Keeler, Jackie Kennedy Organizations: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Royal Shakespeare Company, Theater, Cruelty Locations: Cheshire, Northern England, London

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