He's a very, very bad actor, but he absolutely loves doing it David Niven |
David NIVEN | James David Graham Niven |
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01.03.1910, London, England, GB † 29.07.1983, Château-d'Oex, Vaud (Waadt),
Schweiz |
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FILMS |
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Without
Regret (1935-USA * Harold Young / Bill Gage) |
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AWARDS |
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Golden
Globe für The Moon Is Blue (bester Darsteller
– Kategorie Musical/Komödie, 1954) |
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BOOKS |
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David
Niven: The Moon's a Balloon: Reminiscenses. London:
Coronet Books, 1973 |
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Karin J. Fowler: David Niven: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport:
Greenwood Press, 1995 British-born David Niven began his acting career in 1935, appearing in movie classics that have stood the test of time. Immensely popular with moviemakers and fans alike, Niven's urbane wittiness and charm enamored him to them throughout his long career. After grieving the death of his young first wife and left to raise two small children, he developed his career and won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1958. He later attained success as a writer. This reference is a definitive guide to David Niven's fascinating career. The book begins with a short biography that summarizes his life and provides a context for his work. The following chapters are each devoted to Niven's work in a particular medium, such as film, stage, radio, and television. Each chapter includes entries for Niven's performances, which provide full production information, plot synopses, review excerpts, and commentary. Other portions of the book offer information on material written by Niven, his various awards, and an annotated bibliography of works about him. > Table of Contents : Preface * Acknowledgments * Biography * Chronology * Filmography * Stage Productions * Radio Productions * Discography * Television Productions * Books by David Niven * Awards * Bibliography * Index > 320 pages, photographs, hardcover |
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Graham Lord: Niv: The Authorised Biography of David Niven. London: Orion, 2003 For more than forty years, Niven portrayed on screen the impeccable values of a lost breed of English gentlemen - handsome, beautifully spoken, elegantly dressed, witty, with perfect manners and utterly charming. Niv, according to his friends, was much the same off-screen. Both men and women were enchanted by his charisma, humour and joie-de-vivre. Yet Niv's life was punctuated by tragedy. From the death of his father when Niven was five, to his mother's neglect and the stepfather he loathed, through to the death of his beloved first wife and his volatile and disturbing second marriage, unhappiness was never far away. Using new material from Niven's private papers, Graham Lord has written a fresh, revealing, funny and poignant portrait of a brave and brilliant man. > xii, 356 p., [32] p. of plates., col. ill., ports. (some col.), 24 cm, hbk | filmography: p. 332-339 * bibliography: p. 342-345 * includes index |
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Michael Munn: David Niven: The Man behind the Balloon. London: JR Books Ltd., 2009 Intimately detailing the incredible life and career of the highly respected "bogus gentleman" and famously dashing swashbuckler, this fascinating biography is a detailed portrayal of a classic screen legend. Revealing how he was insecure both privately and professionally, it relates Niven's outrageously wild friendship with Errol Flynn - and their irrevocable falling out - admissions of infidelity, Hollywood success with films such as Around the World in 80 Days and The Pink Panther, his failed suicide attempt, affairs with stars such as Ava Gardner, and the breakdown of his second marriage. Compassionately narrated and filled with bittersweet anecdotes of his on-screen persona and personal life as told by those who knew and loved him, this intriguing biography is essential reading for fans of the star and cinema in general. > 256 pages |
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