The goal was to discover how the character carried himself, day after day.

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Once Guinness had the walk right, he could ask why the man walked that way.

The full obituary has details on Guinness' uncertain personal origins, his three-role stage debut and the film in which he played that family of eight, as well as unfailingly third-person quotes, like this: "One wonders that one was not stoned to death in the street. This would then affect his stature, speech and mannerisms.

When Alec Guinness died in 2000, obituary writers around the world mourned the passing of a beloved artist, one of the last survivors of the great generation of British actors born between the death of Queen Victoria and the coming of World War I.

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Lady Guinness was born Merula Silvia Salaman on October 16 1914, the Daughter of Major Michel Hewitt Salaman, of the Royal North Devon Hussars Yeomanry.Merula's Mother, Chattie, the Daughter of Colonel Edward Baldwin Wake of the 21st Hussars, was a descendant of Hereward the Wake.She was one of seven children.She became an Actress, working at the Old Vic under the Director …
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Sir Alec Guinness, a versatile actor of considerable charm and intelligence who won two Academy Awards and a Tony Award in a career spanning 65 … . Sally is the mother of Natasha Guinness-Taylor. This would then affect his stature, speech and mannerisms. His eyes, which could droop or bluster or mourn or scorn, were canvases of the subtlest possible histrionics. The thin-lipped British smile that could be a billboard of polite derision, shy mischief (or searing wistfulness), usually in some part elegant. Once Guinness had the walk right, he could ask why the man walked that way. Photos. Oh, it was Sir Alec Guinness every time — there was a reliable pleasure in that. --Michael Owen.
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Trivia (8) Daughter of Matthew Guinness and granddaughter of Alec Guinness.

He was a Grammy nominee in 1964, in the Spoken Word category, for the album "Alec Guinness: A Personal Choice" (RCA Victor Red Seal: 1964), on which he read a selection of his favorite poems. The goal was to discover how the character carried himself, day after day.

After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played nine different characters.

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