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Stephen Fry
English somebody, comedian very last presenter (born 1957)
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STEPHEN FRY - ALL HIS STORY
Actor, commedian, politician & good causes
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He first came to prominence as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). He also starred in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984) alongside Laurie, Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane, and in Blackadder (1986–1989) alongside Rowan Atkinson. Since 2011, he has served as president of the mental health charity Mind.
Fry's film acting roles include playing his idol Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde (1997), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor; Inspector Thompson in Robert Altman's murder mystery Gosford Park (2001); and Mr. Johnson in Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship (2016). He has also had roles in the films Chariots of Fire (1981), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), V for Vendetta (2005),
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Christopher Fry
English poet and playwright
For the South African politician, see Christopher Mario Fry.
Christopher Fry | |
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| Born | Arthur Hammond Harris (1907-12-18)18 December 1907 Bristol, England |
| Died | 30 June 2005(2005-06-30) (aged 97) Chichester, England |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, translator, critic |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Notable works | The Lady's Not for Burning |
| Spouse | Phyllis Marjorie Hart Fry (1936–1987) |
Christopher Fry (18 December 1907 – 30 June 2005) was an English poet and playwright. He is best known for his verse dramas, especially The Lady's Not for Burning, which made him a major force in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Fry was born as Arthur Hammond Harris[2] in Bristol, the son of Charles John Harris, a master builder who retired early to work full-time as a licensed Lay Reader in the Church of England, and his wife Emma Marguerite Fry Hammond Harris.[3] While still young, he took his mother's maiden name because, on very tenuous grounds, he believed her to be related to the 19th-century Quaker prison reformer Elizabeth Fry.[3][4] He adopted Elizabeth Fry's faith, and became a Quaker.
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