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Stanley Holloway
Stanley Augustus Holloway OBE (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was a renowned English actor, comedian, singer, and monologist, recognized for his comic and character roles on both stage and screen. He is perhaps best known for playing Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. His comic monologues and songs, performed and recorded throughout most of his 70-year career, gained him a significant following. Stanley Holloway pursued a career as a clerk in his early life, made numerous stage appearances before infantry service in the First World War, and then experienced his first major theatre success in Kissing Time. His career took off in 1921 when he joined a concert party, The Co-Optimists. In the 1930s, Stanley increasingly starred in variety, pantomime, and musical comedy, including several revues. Post-World War II, he appeared in noteworthy films such as Brief Encounter and a series of films for Ealing Studios. In his later years, he continued to make films, tour in revues, appeared in stage plays and television series in the UK, the US, Canada, and Australia. He had five children, including the actor Julian Holloway.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Stanley Augustus Holloway
Born: Manor Park, Essex, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: October 1, 1890
Occupations: Actor, Comedian, Singer, Monologist
Years Active: 1921-1982
Children: 5
Spouses: Alice Foran, Violet Marion Lane
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Awards and Nominations Received by Stanley Holloway
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
My Fair LadyMovies Featuring Stanley Holloway
Brief Encounter
My Fair Lady
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Way to the Stars
A Day to Remember
Ten Little Indians
Carnival
Wanted for Murder
Passport to Pimlico
The Fantasticks
Sleeping Car
Caesar and Cleopatra
Up the Front
The Beggar’s Opera
This Happy Breed
Major Barbara
One Wild Oat
On the Fiddle
Meet Me Tonight
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Run a Crooked Mile
Snowbound
Meet Mr. Lucifer
The Winslow Boy
The Happy Family
An Alligator Named Daisy
The Magic Box
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
No Love for Johnnie
No Trees in the Street
Champagne Charlie
Lady Godiva Rides Again
The Perfect Woman
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Another Shore
The Sandwich Man
Flight of the Doves
Target: Harry
Sing As We Go
In Harm’s Way
Alive and Kicking
Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter
Noose
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Career Timeline
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1953
A Day to Remember
Charley Porter
The Beggar’s Opera
Mr. Lockit
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Walter Valentine
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
One Wild Oat
Alfred Gilbey
The Magic Box
Broker's Man
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Thomas Clark
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