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Richard Burton

(Richard Jenkins)
actor
Born: 11/10/1925
Birthplace: Pontrhydfen, Wales

Tony Award-winning film and stage actor who gained fame working with the Old Vic, London's premier theater company. Burton starred in Broadway's Camelot (1960) and Hamlet (1964). He appeared in several films with his then-wife, Elizabeth Taylor, including Cleopatra (1962) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966).

Died: 8/5/1984

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