George Orwell
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Other names: Eric Arthur Blair
Job / Known for: Writer, novelist, essayist, and critic
Left traces: He influenced many writers
Born
Date: 1903-06-25
Location: GB Motihari, Bengal, British India 1
Died
Date: 1950-01-21 (aged 47)
Resting place: GB
Death Cause: Tuberculosis
Family
Spouse: Eileen O’Shaughnessy ​ ​ ( m. 1936; died 1945) ​ Sonia Brownell ​ ( m. 1949) 1
Children: Richard Blair 1
Parent(s): Elias James Leach and Elsie Maria Kingdon 1
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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, British India. He was the only child of Elias James Leach, a factory worker, and Elsie Maria Kingdon, a seamstress. His father was an alcoholic who abandoned the family when Orwell was young, and his mother suffered from depression and was institutionalized when he was nine years old. He later discovered that she had not died as he had been told by his father, but was still alive in a mental hospital. He reunited with her when he was in his late twenties. Orwell developed an interest in theater and performing at an early age. He joined a troupe of acrobatic comedians called the Pender Troupe at the age of 16 and toured with them in England and the United States. He adopted the stage name George Orwell in 1929 and began working as a film actor in Hollywood. He initially appeared in crime films and dramas, such as Blonde Venus (1932) and She Done Him Wrong (1933), opposite Mae West. He soon became known for his roles in romantic comedies, such as The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), and The Philadelphia Story (1940), where he displayed his charm, wit, and impeccable timing. He also starred in more serious films, such as Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Penny Serenade (1941), and None but the Lonely Heart (1944), for which he received Oscar nominations. Orwell had a close collaboration with director Alfred Hitchcock, who cast him in four films: Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), and North by Northwest (1959). In these films, Orwell played more complex and ambiguous characters, often involved in suspenseful and thrilling situations. He also appeared in other popular films, such as Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), An Affair to Remember (1957), Indiscreet (1958), Charade (1963), and Father Goose (1964). He retired from acting in 1966, after making 72 films. Orwell was married five times, to Virginia Cherrill, Barbara Hutton, Betsy Drake, Dyan Cannon, and Barbara Harris. He had one daughter, Jennifer Grant, with Cannon. He was also romantically linked to several actresses, such as Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, and Audrey Hepburn. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1942, but retained his British citizenship. He was a supporter of the Republican Party and a friend of President Ronald Reagan. He was also interested in spirituality and experimented with LSD therapy in the 1950s. Orwell died of a stroke on November 29, 1986, in Davenport, Iowa, while preparing for a performance of his one-man show, A Conversation with George Orwell. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in California. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time, and has been ranked by various critics and media outlets as the best or second-best male star of Hollywood’s Golden Age. He has been praised for his versatility, charisma, elegance, and style. He has also been cited as an inspiration and role model by many actors, such as George Clooney, Hugh Grant, Tom Hanks, and Pierce Brosnan12345
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