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An English lyricist and author, famous for his theatre works.
A British actor, noted for his Shakespearean stage performances and his great acting talent and for his collaborations with Elizabeth Taylor
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Iraq recognizes the independence of Kuwait.
A British actor, noted for his Shakespearean stage performances and his great acting talent and for his collaborations with Elizabeth Taylor, to whom he was married twice, was born on November 10, 1925, in the village of Pontrhydyfen, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. His father was a coal miner. He was the 12th child of his parents. He attended Port Talbot Grammar School where he showed a talent for English and Welsh literature, he had an excellent memory. He was good in sports too. Later he attended the University of Oxford and served in the Royal Air Force. Burton had great success on the stage and in films. He is particularly noted for his performances in such Shakespearean plays as Hamlet, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, and Othello. His films include Look Back in Anger (1959), Becket (1964), and Night of the Iguana (1964). He was married five times, twice (1964-1974, 1975-1976) to Elizabeth Taylor, with whom he appeared in such films as Cleopatra (1963), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), and who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). In 1983 Burton made his final appearance on the New York stage in a revival of Private Lives, co-starring with Taylor.
He died on August 5, 1984, in Céligny, Switzerland.
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