Albert
"Albie"
Finney
Jr.
Born in Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Son of Albert Finney
and Alice (Hobson) Finney
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
[private wife (1930s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 82
in London, City of London, Greater London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Feb 2019
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Biography
Albert Finney Jr. is Notable.
Albert "Albie" Finney was born on 9 May 1936 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. According to his obituary in the New York Times, he was "the third child and first son of Alice Hobson, who left school at age 14 to work in a mill, and Albert Finney Sr., who made his living running bets on horse racing."[1]
Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Finney understudied Laurence Olivier at Stratford-upon-Avon, eventually acquiring a reputation as 'the new Olivier'.
His film debut was in The Entertainer (1960) by Tony Richardson, with whom had earlier worked in the theatre. By 1965, Finney had branched out into production, setting up Memorial Enterprises in conjunction with Michael Medwin. His final movie credit was in the James Bond thriller Skyfall (2012).
Finney was five-times nominated for Academy Awards in 1964, 1975, 1984, 1985 and 2001. He won two British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards in 1961 and 2004. True to his working-class roots, he spurned appointment to Companion of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980 and a knighthood in 2000.
In 1977, his record album "Albert Finney's Album", was released by Motown.[2]
Albert Finney was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2011. He died on 7 Feb 2019 in a London Hospital, England.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cowell, Alan, "Albert Finney, ‘Angry Young Man’ Who Became a Hollywood Star, Dies at 82" New York Times New York, NY. Accessed on 7 Feb 2019 at NYTimes.com.
- ↑ Kernan, Michael. Albert Finney, Singing His Songs. The Washington Post, July 29, 1977.
See also
- Albert Finney (1936-2019) on Find A Grave: Memorial #196693402 retrieved 12 February 2019
- IMDb: Albert Finney
- Wikipedia: Albert Finney
- Wikidata: Item Q219546, en:Wikipedia
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