Part of the generation of great Shakespearean actors that included Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, and Laurence Olivier, Gielgud outlived them all--to the very end performing in movies, reading ...

Sir John Gielgud, an actor whose name has been synonymous with acting excellence for more than half a century, died Sun., May 21 at his home west of London. He was 96. Born April 14, 1904, Gielgud ...

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JOHN GIELGUD: The Authorized Biography. By Sheridan Morley. Simon & Schuster, $30; 528 pp. IN his revealing and affectionate biography of the man regarded by many as the greatest actor of the 20th ...