Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento ( born October 5, 1933, Brisbane, Queensland; † 6, 2011 in Cairns, Queensland) was an Australian actress.
Life and career
Diane Cilento was born in 1933 in Brisbane, the daughter of Sir Raphael Cilento tropics physician ( 1893-1985 ) and Lady Phyllis Cilento gynecologist. She studied acting in London and New York City and made his debut in 1951 in The King's Admiral, an adventure film starring Gregory Peck in the lead role. On the side of Michael Redgrave Cilento in 1955 was with the drama Tiger at the Gates made its debut on Broadway. For the role of Helen, the 1,70 m tall actress Theatre World Award and a nomination for the prestigious theater prize Tony received.
There were other film roles, including Tom Jones - was nominated interim bed and gallows, for the Cilento in 1964 in the category Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
In the British television series The Two ( The Persuaders ), which was filmed in 1970 and 1971, Diane Cilento played in the 23rd episode nobility destroyed, the novelist, Cate Sinclair, a cousin of Lord Brett Sinclair (played by Roger Moore).
In Michelangelo - Agony and the Ecstasy 1965 Cilento played alongside Charlton Heston. 1972, a second major role in Hitler - The last ten days.
From the 1990s, Cilento retired from acting back, has since written novels and led an outdoor theater called Karnak in Mossman (Queensland, Australia).
Diane Cilento was married three times. After a brief marriage to the Italian Andrea Volpe from 1956 to 1960, from which emerged a child, she married on December 6, 1962 Sean Connery, with whom she was eleven years, to September 6, 1973 married. Their child is born in 1963, actor and filmmaker Jason Connery. Most recently, she was married from 1985 with the British screenwriter Anthony Shaffer, who died on 6 November 2001.
Diane Cilento died one day after her 78th birthday in Cairns, Australia.