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SIR John Gielgud
Cartoon By Clive Francis, Donated By Geraldine James
A cartoon of Sir John Gielgud, by the caricaturist and actor Clive
Francis, kindly donated from her collection by Geraldine James. An
original print (no. 353/500) and “unframed but valuable”.
Sir Arthur John Gielgud was an English actor and theatre director
whose career spanned eight decades, dominating the British stage for
much of the 20th century, winning an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy,
and a Tony in the process.
Clive Francis has appeared as Lord Salisbury in the Netflix series
’The Crown’, and also in ‘Yes Prime Minister’, ‘Mr Turner’, and ‘Poldark’.
Geraldine James has most recently starred in the Movie ‘Downton
Abbey’ as Queen Mary and in the Netflix series ‘Anne with an E’ as
Marilla Cuthbert. Geraldine has been nominated four times for the
BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress; for ‘Dummy’, ‘The Jewel in the
Crown’, ‘Band of Gold’ and ‘The Sins’. For her role as Portia in the 1989
Broadway revival of ‘The Merchant of Venice’, she was nominated for
the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and won the Drama Desk
Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play.
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