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Dec 9, 2021 · Graphicaartis/Getty Images. "The King's Speech" is a 2010 dramatic biographical film, recounting the friendship between King George VI of England and his Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue. The film also covers Edward VIII's 1936 abdication, and George VI's subsequent coronation and shouldering of responsibility during World War II.
Lionel George Logue, CVO (26 February 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped King George VI manage his stammer. Early life and family
The King died on 6th February 1952 aged 56 years, and Logue on April 12th 1953, aged 73 years. Perhaps his greatest accolade was the press report on George VI’s speech at his coronation of 12th May 1937: “The King’s voice was strong and deep, resembling to a startling degree the voice of his father…His words came through firmly, clearly ...
Dec 16, 2017 · Lionel Logue was in the same room at the time of the King’s radio broadcast, now referred as the King’s Speech, which gave great comfort to his nation and its people throughout the war. While on the surface, the charismatic Edward VIII seemed to be better equipped to be king than his brother who eventually took his place, George VI displayed fortitude and dignity and rose to the challenge ...
Dec 15, 2010 · Logue worked with the King on the text and went to Windsor to hear him deliver it. He was impressed to note he made only one mistake: he stumbled over the "W" in weapons. Afterwards, he asked him ...
Lionel Logue was an Australian speech and language therapist and stage actor best known for curing the Duke of York (later King George VI of the UK) of his pronounced stammer. Logue started his career as an elocutionist and then briefly worked in a gold mine in Western Australia. Following his marriage, he set up his speech practice in Perth.
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Nov 16, 2011 · Lionel George Logue was born in College Town, Adelaide, South Australia on February 26, 1880. He was the eldest of three children. His South Australian born parents were George Edward Logue, an accountant in the family brewery and later a hotel licensee (publican), and his wife Lavinia, née Rankin. From 1889 to 1896 he attended Prince Alfred ...
