George Sanders

(1906-1972)

British actor

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George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is remembered for his roles as wicked Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Scott Folliott in Foreign Correspondent (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah (1949, the most popular film of the year), theater critic Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in Ivanhoe (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-part episode of Batman (1966), and the voice of Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967). He also starred as Simon Templar, in 5 of the 8 films in The Saint series (1939–1941), and as a suave Saint-like crimefighter in the first 4 of the 16 The Falcon films (1941–1942).

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Born	George Henry Sanders 3 July 1906 St. Petersburg, Russia
Died	25 April 1972 (aged 65) Barcelona, Spain
Zodiac	Cancer
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Susan Larson 1915- · · m. 1940; div. 1949 info edit

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Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917-2016 · Hungarian-American socialite and actress · m. 1949; div. 1954 info edit

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Benita Hume 1906-1967 · British actress · m. 1959 info edit

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Magda Gabor 1915-1997 · Hungarian-American socialite and television personality · m. 1970; div. 1971 info edit

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Cyril Hume · Brother In Law · 1900-1966 · American screenwriter edit info

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Dolores Del Río · 1904-1983 · Mexican actress info edit view couple »

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Lucille Ball · 1911-1989 · American actress info edit view couple »

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Tallulah Bankhead · 1902-1968 · American actress info edit view couple »

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Claudia Dell · 1909-1977 · showgirl and actress of the stage and Hollywood motion pictures info edit view couple »

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Marilyn Monroe · 1926-1962 · American actress info edit view couple »

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Hedy Lamarr · 1914-2000 · Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping info edit view couple »

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Doris Duke · 1912-1993 · American heiress, philanthropist and billionaire info edit view couple »

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Paula Raymond · 1923-2003 · American actress info edit view couple »

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Nejla Ates · 1933-1995 · Turkish oriental dancer info edit view couple »

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Debra Paget · 1933- · American actress and entertainer info edit view couple »

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Lorraine Chanel · 1924-2008 · Mexican actress info edit view couple »

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George Bancroft · Friend · 1882-1956 · American actor edit info

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Sam Spiegel · Friend · 1901-1985 · Austrian-born American independent film producer edit info

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Brian Aherne · Friend · 1902-1986 · British actor edit info

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Greer Garson · Friend · 1904-1996 · British-American actress, art collector and philanthropist edit info

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David Niven · Friend · 1910-1983 · British actor and novelist edit info

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