Friday 23 April 2010

THE SAINT


Some iconic English "Georges" (fact or fiction, past or present, living or dead) for St George's Day. Each one represents something quintessentially English.

Pictured above: George Sanders (1906-72), actor. Sanders was born in St Petersburg, Russia of English parents. While he was a child the family returned to Britain with the advent of the Russian Revolution. His most famous movie role was as Simon Templar - "The Saint". How much more appropriate could we get today? Sanders was honoured with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - for Motion Pictures at 1636 Vine St, and for Television at 7007 Hollywood Blvd. Appropriate, again, since the Leicester Walk of Fame is being dedicated this weekend.

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