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John Spencer-Churchill(1926-2014)

  • Actor
  • Location Management
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John Spencer-Churchill was born on 13 April 1926 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hamlet (1996), History of the World: Part I (1981) and An Unlikely Obsession (2011). He was married to Lily Sahni, Dagmar Douglas-Stjernorp, Athina Livanos and Susan Hornby. He died on 16 October 2014 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
BornApril 13, 1926
DiedOctober 16, 2014(88)
BornApril 13, 1926
DiedOctober 16, 2014(88)
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Known for

Hamlet (1996)
Hamlet
7.7
  • Fortinbras's Captain(as Duke of Marlborough)
  • 1996
History of the World: Part I (1981)
History of the World: Part I
6.8
  • Location Management(as Duke of Marlborough)
  • 1981
An Unlikely Obsession (2011)
An Unlikely Obsession
8.1
  • Self
  • 2011
V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971)
V.I.P.-Schaukel
7.2
TV Series
  • Self(as Duke of Marlborough)

Credits

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Actor

  • Hamlet (1996)
    Hamlet
    7.7
    • Fortinbras's Captain (as Duke of Marlborough)
    • 1996

Location Management

  • History of the World: Part I (1981)
    History of the World: Part I
    6.8
    • location permission: Blenheim Palace, Oxford, England (as Duke of Marlborough)
    • 1981

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • The 11th Duke of Marlborough
  • Height
    • 6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
  • Born
    • April 13, 1926
    • Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • October 16, 2014
    • Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Lily SahniDecember 3, 2008 - October 16, 2014 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father of Lord Blandford, now the 12th Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill. Brother of Rosemary Spencer-Churchill and Sarah Consuelo Spencer-Churchill. Uncle of Serena Balfour.

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