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Claude Rains
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Claude Rains was born in London, England November 10, 1889. He was the son of British stage actor Frederick Rains. Claude made his stage debut at the age of eleven in Nell of Old Drury. He learned the technical end of the business by working his way up from page boy to stage manager.
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In this film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's lavish epic, the venerable Julius Caesar (Claude Rains) meets Cleopatra (Vivian Leigh) under the Sphinx in ancient Egypt. Although the Roman Emperor finds her childishly innocent, she is capable of seizing the throne from her brother and cold-...
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In 1999, Mr. Bennet and Claude drive together, and Claude asks about their next assignment. Mr. Bennet tells him they are "looking into a security breach"—Claude himself is the security breach. Claude laughs this off, and Mr. Bennet asks him if he's hiding one of them. Claude claims he is, and the vivisections are starting to keep him up at night, and that Claire is "one of us". Claude confesses he was in Mr. Bennet's office when he was being told to kill him, but thinks Mr. Bennet is a better man than that. Claude gets out of the car, and stands on the side of the bridge. He tells Mr. Bennet that he knows its not the first time he's been told to kill a man, but wants to know if its the first time he might have to kill a friend.
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Synopsis: Director Michael Curtiz masterfully tells the fictional story of radio host Alexander Grandison (Claude Rains) as derived from a novel by Charlotte Armstrong. Grandison spookily recites murder mysteries on his radio show, with intimate and excruciating details. The reason he's so good and popularRead More
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Claude Rains died of an intestinal hemorrhage on May 30, 1967 at the age of 77 in Lanconia, New Hampshire. His six wives were actress Isabel Jeans (married 1913; divorced 1915), actress Marie Foster Hemingway (married 1920; divorced 1921); actress Beatrix Thomson (married 1924; divorced 1935); Frances Propper (married 1935; divorced 1956; mother of Rains’ only child, actress Jessica Rains); Hungarian pianist Agi Jambor (married 1959; divorced 1960); and writer Rosemary Clark Schrode (married from 1960 until her death from cancer in 1964).
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In 1990, Claude and his first partner, Haram, are in Côte d'Azur harbor to capture Rollo Fusor. On a bridge crossing the harbor, Claude tries to calm Haram down and reminds him to follow their plan. Claude sneaks on board Rollo Fusor's yacht while Haram negotiates with Rollo Fusor for the release of two people he believes are held hostage.
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