Hume Cronyn

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Hume Cronyn with his wife Jessica Tandy , 1988

Hume Blake Cronyn (born July 18, 1911 in London , Ontario , † June 15, 2003 in Fairfield , Connecticut ) was a Canadian actor and screenwriter .

Life

Hume Cronyn studied art and law and was an amateur boxer and actor at a young age. From 1934 he appeared on Broadway . In Alfred Hitchcock's film Im Schatten des Zweifels (1943) he was seen for the first time on the screen in the role of a crime-loving neighbor. In The Seventh Cross (1944) he played an upright Nazi opponent and was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor . Cronyn, whose film career spanned more than 50 years, also made a name for himself as a stage actor. As an author, he adapted, among other things, the literary models of Hitchcock's slave of the heart and Cocktail for a corpse for the screen.

Cronyn was married to British actor Jessica Tandy from September 27, 1942 until her death in 1994 , with whom he appeared in many films. They had two children together. In 1996 the widower married the writer Susan Cooper , with whom he remained married until his death seven years later, in 1996 .

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

As a screenwriter

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Hume Cronyn in the Canadian Encyclopedia, accessed December 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ Hume Cronyn: A Terrible Liar: A Memoir. William Morrow 1991, ISBN 0-688-12844-0 , p. 77, p. 104, p. 413.
personal data
SURNAME Cronyn, Hume
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cronyn, Hume Blake (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actor and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH London , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 2003
Place of death Fairfield , Connecticut , United States