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Lewis Carroll

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Gender Male
Death126 years ago
Date of birth January 27,1832
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Daresbury
United Kingdom
Date of died January 14,1898
DiedGuildford
United Kingdom
Full nameCharles Lutwidge Dodgson
Poems Jabberwocky
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Phantasmagoria
The Mouse's Tale
How Doth the Little Crocodile
Height 180 (cm)
Job Author
Photographer
Novelist
Visual Artist
Logician
Cleric
Education Christ Church
Rugby School
Richmond Boarding School
WorksXie Kitchin
Paimio chair
Alice Liddell as "The Beggar Maid"
Siblings Skeffington Hume Dodgson
Edwin Dodgson
Frances Jane Dodgson
Parents Frances Jane Lutwidge
Charles Dodgson
On view J. Paul Getty Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Rijksmuseum
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Nickname dodo
Influencee Dr. Seuss
L. Frank Baum
John Lennon
Enid Blyton
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Lewis Carroll Life story


Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy.

Obituary: Ian Holm

Feb 16,2020 9:33 am

Sir Ian Holm was absolutely a supporting role, happy To Let others bask in the limelight of the stars.

He built His career in The Theatre and with The Royal Shakespeare Company, and later impressed critics in the Richard Eyre National Theatre production of "King Lear " and electrified the audience was expressed in a Harold Pinter The Homecoming .

after moving into the theater playing saw it, a variety of Supporting Roles , including an android in Alien, The Professional coach in Chariots of Fire and Dr. Willis in The Madness of King George.

And he achieved international fame as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson 's Lord of The Rings Trilogy .

Ian Holm was born on 12 September 1931 in a Psychiatric Hospital in Goodmayes, Essex, where His father, a psychiatrist, and a pioneer of electro-Shock Treatment , was the superintendent. His Mother was a nurse.

He suffered from anxiety as a child and was bullied in His Private School , where he took refuge in A Love drama. A Chance meeting with the well-known Actor -manager Henry Baynton saw him enrolled and Rada in the year 1949.

His studies were Cut Short by National Service, most of which he spent in Germany with the British Army . He finally returned to Rada and graduated in 1953.

He played Richard Iii in the RSC's 1964 wars of the roses series

He secured a job at The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, where His first recorded role was signed was as a spear carrier in a 1954 production of Othello. He also played Mutius in a staging of Titus Andronicus , that toured Europe in 1956.

in the course of the following years he moved up The Cast list with roles in the delivery Donalbain in "Macbeth", The Fool in "King Lear " and Puck in "A Midsummer Night 's Dream contain.

He established a reputation as a talented and reliable Actor - so much so that by the mid-1960s, he played meaty parts, to take including the title roles in Henry V and Richard Iii .

Holm resigned from The Works of the bard, The Role of Lenny in London and New York premieres of Harold Pinter 's play The return home. In the latter, he won a Tony Award .

Stage Fright

He made His first trip to the cinema, John Frankenheimer 's film The Fixer , based on a True Story of a Jew Falsely Accused of murder in Tsarist Russia. It is just one of More Than 90 films, in which he would appear would be.

Holm, The Master of sound, support performance in a variety of roles. In the 1970s, these were David Riccio in Mary, Queen of Scots, and Yakovlev in Nicholas and Alexandra.

In 1973, he revived The Role of Lenny in The Film version of The Homecoming .

He was turning an unpleasant experience

For a time to Alien, he had a parallel career in both The Theatre and the cinema. But he had a history of depression and finding The Stage was made more difficult phenomena.

"The crack-up," as he later called himself, came during a 1976 production of The Iceman Cometh, if you are forced to a Sudden Attack of Stage Fright , to stop him carrying out.

with the exception of two short performances, one as Uncle Vanya , in 1979, he came back On Stage since the Age Of 18 years.

But His career was saved by His film and TV work, as well as the awards began to come. His role as Peter Pan author J. M. Barrie in The Bbc production The Lost Boys , he won a Royal Television Society award and a Bafta nomination.

Critical praise

In 1979, he made His first big Hollywood gig, as the Android Ash in Alien. "It's not a particularly pleasant film to do," he later recalled. "It was 16 weeks of bloody Hard Work down in the Shepperton Studios. "

Two years later, he appeared as Sam Mussabini in Hugh Hudson 's film Chariots of Fire, based on The Story of athletes Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams as they prepare for the 1924 Olympic games.

His performance as a professional head coach, shunned by The Authorities in an era of amateurism, and he won a Bafta for best supporting role and an Oscar nomination.

In the same year, he took over the part of Frodo Baggins in The Bbc Radio 4 massive adaptation of The Lord of The Rings , which featured Holm in addition to a number of other stars-including Michael Hordern and Robert Stephens .

Holm (r), the recording of The Lord of The Rings for BBC Radio with Michael Hordern and John Le Mesurier

He continues to receive critical praise for His film roles, especially in Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985) and a performance as Lewis Carroll 's dream child, Dennis-Potter-a fantasy based on The Life of Alice Liddell .

And the prices continued, including a Bafta for The Granada TV series "Game, Set & Match, based on Len Deighton 's spy" Trilogy .

Holm never lost His fascination for Shakespeare. He took The Role of Fluellen in Kenneth Branagh 's acclaimed 1989 film of Henry V , and a year later, he played Polonius in addition to Mel Gibson as Hamlet in the Franco Zeffirelli film of the game.

He was, after all, the main role lured Back To The Stage in 1993 in the world premiere of Harold Pinter 's Moonlight. Pinter was told, described Holm as His favorite Actor , "an Actor , the whole integrity".

'anger and vulnerability'

He continued to show His versatility in a variety of roles, from Pod Clock in The Bbc children's series The Borrowers to Kenneth Branagh 's father in Mary Shelley ' s Frankenstein.

His performance as Dr. Willis, The Physician who treated George Iii and The madness of King George, received a further Bafta nomination.

It was Beyond other nominations and awards for His portrayal of lawyer Michael Stephens in the acclaimed Canadian film The Sweet. Back On Stage he won an Olivier for His King Lear in 1998, the year in which he received a knighthood.

In 2001, he took what was probably His highest-profile role, The Hobbit -Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson 's epic production of The Lord of The Rings Trilogy .

His portrayal of Bilbo Baggins has brought Ian Holm a New Generation of admirers

In the same year, he appeared in a production of Pinter The Homecoming -This Time as Max, The Father of His previous character Lenny.

The Critic Charles Spencer said, His performance is recorded "both the anger and the vulnerability of The Life -long bully, who is horrified to discover that His word no longer writ".

In 2012, at the Age Of 81 years, he reprised The Role of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson 's film Trilogy based on The Hobbit .

away from The Stage and screen, he was much in demand as a narrator, especially on The Bbc -documentary-Elizabeth-R and for voiceover work in commercials and Video Games .

Holm, married Lynn Shaw in 1955, the European union, which lasted 10 Years . His four-year marriage with Sophie Baker ended in divorce in 1986, and five years later he married The Actress Penelope Wilton .

The couple divorced in 2001 and he then later married Sophie de Stempel in 2003.

Ian Holm was once asked how he felt, that so often the supporting role, rarely The Star . "As an Actor ," he replied, "I'm very much a company person.

"I have a fear of responsibility. I like someone to be responsible to. "



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