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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE FRSA (/ ˈ (j) uː s t ɪ n ɒ f / (Y)OO-stin-off; born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was a British actor, writer and director.An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. Ustinov received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award.. Ustinov received two Academy Awards for Best ...
Peter Ustinov. Actor: Spartacus. Peter Ustinov was a two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, director, writer, journalist and raconteur. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical productions. He was born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinow on April 16, 1921 in Swiss Cottage, London, the son of Nadezhda Leontievna (née Benois) and Jona Freiherr von Ustinow. His father was of one-quarter Polish Jewish, one-half Russian, one-eighth Ethiopian,...
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE FRSA (born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinow; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, filmmaker and writer. He portrayed lead roles in the movies Spartacus, Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun, Quo Vadis, and Topkaki. Early and personal life. Ustinov was born on 16 April 1921 in Swiss Cottage, London Borough of Camden. He studied at the ...
Peter Ustinov. Actor: Spartacus. Peter Ustinov was a two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, director, writer, journalist and raconteur. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical productions. He was born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinow on April 16, 1921 in Swiss Cottage, London, the son of Nadezhda Leontievna (née Benois) and Jona Freiherr von Ustinow. His father was of one-quarter Polish Jewish, one-half Russian, one-eighth Ethiopian,...
May 31, 2024 · Peter Ustinov (born April 16, 1921, London, England—died March 28, 2004, Genolier, Switzerland) was an English actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, raconteur, and humanitarian. Ustinov’s grandfather was a Russian officer in the tsar’s army who was exiled because of his religious beliefs. “It is for that reason,” Ustinov later said, “that I am addressing you today in English.” His father was a respected British journalist and his mother an accomplished painter.
Mar 29, 2004 · Peter Ustinov, the hair-trigger wit with the avuncular charm whose 60-year career amounted to a revolving series of star turns as actor, playwright, novelist, director and raconteur, died on ...
Mar 29, 2004 · Peter Ustinov was born in London two months after his mother arrived from St Petersburg to join her husband, a journalist. Made of European stock, young Ustinov nevertheless enjoyed a very English education. He once said: "It's very difficult for me to feel British." And on another occasion he observed: "I rather think of myself as ethnically filthy - and proud of it." He left Westminster School aged 16, heading for the London Theatre Studio. ...
Mar 29, 2004 · Filed at 10:00 a.m. ET . GENEVA (Reuters) - Oscar-winning British actor and playwright Peter Ustinov, one of the world's best loved raconteurs and mimics, has died at the age of 82.
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov was a British actor, writer and director. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. Ustinov received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE ( 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter. A noted wit and raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. He was also a respected intellectual and diplomat who, in addition to ...
