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Alec Guinness

    2 april 1914 – 5 augustus 2000

    Een torenhoge figuur in de acteerwereld, die het publiek boeide met zijn meesterlijke optredens in een breed scala aan genres. Zijn opmerkelijke veelzijdigheid bleek uit zijn vermogen om meerdere personages binnen één film te belichamen, waarbij hij elke rol een uitgesproken persoonlijkheid gaf. Samenwerkingen met visionaire regisseurs leidden tot kritisch applaus en prestigieuze prijzen, waarmee zijn status als filmlegende werd verstevigd. Hij verwierf ook blijvende bekendheid door een onvergetelijke vertolking in een geliefde space opera.

    My Name Escapes Me
    Blessings in disguise
    A Positively Final Appearance
    Guinness World Records 2015
    • Guinness World Records 2015

      • 255bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      The latest edition of the Guinness World Records book celebrates the landmark 60th anniversary, as well as showcasing the very best of the most recent world records.• Thousands of new and updated records - every major new achievement listed• Hundreds of amazing new photographs, many never seen before now• Highlights from our archive of classic records• Exciting new design to help reluctant readers, with a look and feel inspired by tablet technology• Dozens of new topics and spreads, plus details of how readers can become record-breakers themselvesPLUS, SPECIAL FEATURES:• FLASHBACK: Tracking how records have changed over six decades• GALLERY: Picture features showcasing the best recordbreaking images from our archive• SEE IT 3D: Bringing the records to life with a free app*September Release

      Guinness World Records 20152013
      4,2
    • A Positively Final Appearance

      A Journal, 1996-1998

      • 256bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      A Positively Final Appearance takes us through an eventful time for the writer - and the nation. From eye surgery in 1996 to the 1997 general election and beyond, Sir Alec Guinness guides us through his life, rich with reminiscences, theatre visits, observations of art and literature, set against a background of political change and the death of Diana. These fascinating, affectionate and acerbic journals are a delightful addition to his acclaimed earlier volumes.

      A Positively Final Appearance1999
      4,2
    • My Name Escapes Me

      The Diary of a Retiring Actor

      • 228bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      A marvelously entertaining diary from one of the most distinguished--and beloved--actors of stage and screen. Revealing the octogenarian spryness of a civilized mind and a beguiling mixture of the meditative and the hedonistic, My Name Escapes Me offers a glimpse of the private side of Guinness's often very public life.

      My Name Escapes Me1996
      3,8
    • The memoirs of the actor Sir Alec Guinness. The book includes pen portraits of such characters as Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike and John Gielgud, as well as accounts of Guinness's film career, religious beliefs and wartime experiences.

      Blessings in disguise1986
      3,7