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Birth Name: George Henry Sanders

Born: 3 July 1906 Died: 25 April 1973

Country of origin: Russian Federation

Height: 6' 3"

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Description: George Sanders (July 3, 1906 - April 25, 1972) was an actor in British and American films. Sanders was born in St Petersburg, Russia of British parents. While he was a child the family returned to Britain with the advent of the Russian Revolution. As a youth he worked in various jobs before finding employment with an advertising agency. It was there that the company secretary, an aspiring actress named Greer Garson, suggested a career in acting. He made his British film debut in 1934 and after a string of British films made his American debut in 1936 with a role in Lloyd's of London. His British accent and sensibilities, c George Sanders (July 3, 1906 - April 25, 1972) was an actor in British and American films.

Sanders was born in St Petersburg, Russia of British parents. While he was a child the family returned to Britain with the advent of the Russian Revolution. As a youth he worked in various jobs before finding employment with an advertising agency. It was there that the company secretary, an aspiring actress named Greer Garson, suggested a career in acting.

He made his British film debut in 1934 and after a string of British films made his American debut in 1936 with a role in Lloyd's of London. His British accent and sensibilities, combined with his suave, snobbish and somewhat menacing air was utilised in American films during the next decade. He played memorable supporting roles in prestige productions such as Rebecca, in which he goaded the sinister Judith Anderson as Mrs Danvers, in her persecution against Joan Fontaine and he played leading roles in lesser pictures such as Rage in Heaven. During this time he was also the lead in both The Falcon and The Saint film series.

In 1950 he gave his most widely recognised performance and achieved his greatest success as the acid tongued theatre critic Addison De Witte in All About Eve, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role.

He moved into the field of television and was responsible for the successful series George Sanders Mystery Theatre and provided the voice for the malevolent Shere-Khan in the Walt Disney production of The Jungle Book.

Offscreen Sanders cultivated the image of a cultured playboy, a role not far removed from his screen characterisations, but in reality he was very happily married to actress Benita Hume from 1959 until her death in 1967.

He had been married from 1949 until 1957, to the Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, and after Hume's death he married another of the Gabor sisters - Magda, but this union lasted less than a year.

For many years Sanders had lived in Spain and it was in Barcelona that he committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates, leaving behind a suicide note that attributed his action to boredom.

He has been honoured with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - for Motion Pictures at 1636 Vine St, and for Television at 7007 Hollywood Blvd. ... (more)

Tags: Died 1972 (4), Born 1906 (4), Suicide (3), Russian (2), British (2), Actor (2), Actors Who Make Every Movie Better (1), Tom Conway (1), Oscar Winning Actor (1), Russian Born (1), Mr. Freeze (1), Died Aged 66 (1), Famous Sibling (1), Lead Actor (1), Supporting Actor (1), Tv Actor (1), Mysterious (1), Character Actor (1), Voice Actor (1), Deceased (1)

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" 1951 - WINNER Best Actor in a Supporting Role GEORGE SANDERS as Addison DeWitt in ALL ABOUT EVE 1950 | dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz "

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" Russian Actor July 3 1906 - April 25 1972 He commited suicide at the age of 65 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate in his hotel room of the Casteldefels in Barcelona, Spain. Notable Films Lloyd's Of London (1936) International Settlement (1938) Foreign Correspondant (1940) directed by Alfred Hitchcock Rebecca (1940) directed by Alfred Hitchcock The Black Swan (1942) The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945) with Angela Lansbury The Ghost And Mrs. Muir (1947) with Gene Tierney Samson And Delila"

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"Best Supporting Actor! Winner: George Sanders, All About Eve! Nominees: Jeff Chandler - Broken Arrow Edmund Gwenn - Mister 880 Sam Jaffe - The Asphalt Jungle Erich von Stroheim - Sunset Boulevard"

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