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Stanley Holloway

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Nascita
1 ottobre 1890 · Manor Park, London, England, UK
Morte
30 gennaio 1982

Biografia

Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. He was also renowned for his recordings of comic monologues and songs, which he performed throughout most of his 70-year career. Born in London, in his early years Holloway pursued a career as a clerk. He made early stage appearances before infantry service in the First World War. After the war he joined a concert party, "The Co-Optimists", and his career began to flourish. At first he was chiefly employed as a singer, but his skills as an actor and reciter of comic monologues were soon recognised. Characters from his monologues such as Sam Small, invented by Holloway, and Albert Ramsbottom, created for him by Marriott Edgar, were absorbed into popular British culture. By the 1930s, he was in demand to star in music hall, pantomime and musical comedy. In the 1940s and early 1950s, Holloway moved from the musical stage to acting in plays and films. He made well-received stage and film appearances in Shakespeare, and in a series of films for Ealing Studios. In 1956 he was cast as the irresponsible Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady, a role that he played on Broadway, in the West End and later on film, which brought him international fame. In his later years, Holloway appeared in television series in the U.S. and the UK, toured in revue, appeared in stage plays in Britain, Canada, Australia and the U.S., and continued to make films into his eighties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Holloway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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My Fair Lady
Film · 1964 · ★ 7,5
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Breve incontro
Film · 1945 · ★ 7,7
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Vita privata di Sherlock Holmes
Film · 1970 · ★ 6,8
Locandina di Amleto
Amleto
Film · 1948 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di L'incredibile avventura di Mr. Holland
L'incredibile avventura di Mr. Holland
Film · 1951 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di Prima vittoria
Prima vittoria
Film · 1965 · ★ 6,6
Locandina di Dieci piccoli indiani
Dieci piccoli indiani
Film · 1965 · ★ 6,3
Locandina di Passaporto per Pimlico
Passaporto per Pimlico
Film · 1949 · ★ 6,9
Locandina di La famiglia Gibbon
La famiglia Gibbon
Film · 1944 · ★ 7,1
Locandina di The Titfield Thunderbolt
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Film · 1953 · ★ 7,0
Locandina di Cesare e Cleopatra
Cesare e Cleopatra
Film · 1945 · ★ 6,2
Locandina di La via della gloria
La via della gloria
Film · 1944 · ★ 6,5

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