Sir Richard Attenborough — Infoplease.com

	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Nov 8, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

Arts and Entertainment > Entertainment Biographies > A

Sir Richard Attenborough

director, actor
Born: 8/29/1923
Birthplace: Cambridge, England

Academy Award-winning director and actor best known for his sweeping biopics, including Gandhi (1982) Cry Freedom (1987) and Elizabeth (1998). Other films include Jurassic Park (1993), Miracle on 34th Street (1994).

Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

More on Sir Richard Attenborough from Infoplease:

Selected Biographies: A - Selected biographies of well-known people and fictional characters
Movies and Film: The Lean Years - Movies and Film The Lean Years Movies and Film British Film History The Beginnings Shooting (in) ...

Premium Partner Content

HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Sir Richard Attenborough

HEMINGWAY BIOGRAPHY ON THE SILVER SCREEN: THE CRITICAL RECEPTION OF RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH'S FILM, IN LOVE AND WAR. (The Hemingway Review)

How Much Chaplin Appears in Chaplin? A Look at Attenborough's Screen Biography (Literature/Film Quarterly)

ABSTRACTS. (The Hemingway Review)

A new leading lady. (British government economic support of motion picture industry) (The Economist (US))

Endangered species (The Village Voice)

Decline of Science and Technology - Reply to Tom Aldridge's Letter (Mankind)

Chaplin. (The Economist (US))

Revved up and ready . (The Herald on Sunday (Auckland, New Zealand))

Shadowlands. (National Review)

En el amor y en la guerra.(TT: In Love and War) (Epoca)

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.

Infoplease Tools