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John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and director.[1] Gielgud was born in South Kensington, London and attended Westminster School. He acted in theatre, on radio, television and in movies.
Gielgud won many awards, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards, a Grammy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.[2] In 1992 he received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award. The Globe Theatre in London was renamed the Gielgud Theatre in 1994 in his honour.
In 1991, Gielgud became an EGOT winner. At aged 87, he is the oldest person to became an EGOT winner and the first LGBT person to do so.[3]
Gielgud was gay.[1] He was in a long-term relationship until his partner died in 1998. Gielgud died in Wootton Underwood, Buckinghamshire.