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Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for movie acting during the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer (1960), directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in theatre.
Albert Finney. Actor: Murder on the Orient Express. The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates.
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Albert Finney was a versatile and acclaimed British actor who starred in films such as Tom Jones, The Dresser and Skyfall. He was nominated for five Oscars and won two BAFTAs, but refused a knighthood and a CBE.
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Feb 8, 2019 · Albert Finney, who has died at the age of 82, came to prominence in the era of the "Angry Young Men". It was a period that transformed the face of British theatre and cinema from the mid-1950s.
Feb 8, 2019 · British film legend Albert Finney has died after a short illness aged 82, a family spokesman has said. A five-time Oscar nominee, he was known for playing many different characters, with his list of films including Erin Brockovich, Big Fish, Scrooge, Annie and Murder On The Orient Express.
Feb 8, 2019 · LONDON — Albert Finney, the British stage and film actor who defined an era’s rage and frustration in dramas of blue-collar realism and social revolt and went on to find stardom in Hollywood,...