George Sanders

Birth Name:

George Henry Sanders

Birth Place:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Writer

Honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
While working at an advertising agency, he was encouraged to enter the dramatic arts by the company's secretary, aspiring actress Greer Garson
Quote: "Acting is like roller-skating․ Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting․"
Quote: "I am not one of those people who would rather act than eat․ Quite the reverse․ My own desire as a boy was to retire․ That ambition has never changed․"
Frequently portrays villains who deliver cutting lines in films
Widely recognized for his charming voice and urbane manner
Claimed to hate giving interviews because he was not being paid for them
Crime novels "Crime on My Hands" and "Stranger at Home" were published under his name, but they were actually ghostwritten by Craig Rice and Leigh Brackett respectively
Is the brother of fellow actor Tom Conway who he co-starred alongside in "Death of a Scoundrel․"
Sixteen years after divorcing socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, he married her sister Magda in 1970

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