Donald Wolfit

Sir Donald Wolfit, CBE was an English actormanager, known for his touring wartime productions of Shakespeare. He was especially renowned for his portrayal of King Lear.

Wolfit was born Donald Woolfitt at New Balderton, near NewarkonTrent, Nottinghamshire, and attended the Magnus Grammar School. He made his stage dbut in 1920 and first appeared in the West End in 1924, playing in The Wandering Jew. He was married three times. His first wife was the actress Chris Castor, and their daughter Margaret Wolfit was also an actress. He also had two children by his second marriage Harriet Graham, actress and childrens author and Adam Wolfit, photographer. An active Freemason, he became Master of Green Room Lodge in 1965.

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