Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, he was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations , Fagin in Oliver Twist , Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai , Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia , General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago , and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India . He is also known for his portrayal of ObiWan Kenobi in George Lucass original Star Wars trilogy, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Guinness was born at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, as Alec Guinness de Cuffe. His mothers maiden name was Agnes Cuff. She was bornDecember 1890 to Edward Cuff and Mary Ann Benfield. On Guinnesss birth certificate, the space for the mothers name shows Agnes de Cuffe. The space for the infants name says Alec Guinness. The column for name and surname of father is blank.

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