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Throughout much of his screen career, actor "George Sanders" was the very personification of cynicism, an elegantly dissolute figure whose distinct brand of anomie distinguished dozens of films during a career spanning nearly four decades. Born in St. Petersburg on July 3, 1906, Sanders and his family fled to the U.K. during the Revolution, and he was later educated at Brighton College. After first pursuing a career in the textile industry, Sanders briefly flirted with a South American tobacco venture; when it failed, he returned to Britain with seemingly no other options outside of a stage career. After a series of small theatrical roles, in 1934 he appeared in Noel Coward's Conversation Piece; the performance led to his film debut in 1936's "Find the Lady", followed by a starring role in "Strange Cargo".
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George Sanders was the first of three people to play Mr. Freeze on Batman. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1906. His family fled from England because of the Bolshevik Revolution. He graduated from college and worked for a while at a tobacco company in Argentina. He then started on stage and debuted on the screens in the 1936 film “Find the Lady.” Shortly after his role in “The Man Who Could Work Miracles,” he traveled to Hollywood where he signed a contract with Fox. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the acerbic drama critic in “All About Eve” (1950).
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GM George Sanders pulled off one of the greatest trades in franchise history. He traded Aaron MiKie, Marc Jackson, and Chris Webber to the Toronto Raptors for Chris Bosh and Morris Peterson. This trade frees up 20 million bucks, but the sixers are still 10 million over the cap. This trade turns the Sixers into Eastern Confrence contenders instead of barely making the play offs every year. The sixers have a more potent line-up now. GM George Sanders cuts Jamal Mashburn to get under the cap, then signs Steven Hunter and then drafts Lious Williams with the 45th pick overall. If that's not enough, he strenghtens the bench by trading Willie Green to Minnesota for Eddie Griffin and trades Matt Barnes to New York for Nate Robinson.
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Acting was something George Sanders drifted into as a means to keep himself financially stable. After turning his hand to many professions, he was persuaded by Greer Garson to try for a part in her amateur theatrical troupe. This led to legitimate stagework and eventually to his brief film debut as the god "Indifference" in Korda's The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936). His other genre appearances before his Academy Award winning performance of a cynical theatre critic in ALL ABOUT EVE in 1951 include The Lodger (1944) and Hangover Square (1945) both starring Laird Cregar. Later in 1945 George appeared as Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a role that afforded him dialogue that dripped wonderfully with venom. George's other films from this period should not be overlooked...his dual role in LANCER SPY (1938), MR. MOTO'S LAST WARNING (1940) and of course, REBECCA (1940).
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George Sanders was born of English parents in St. Petersburg, Russia. He worked in a Birmingham textile mill, in the tobacco business and as a writer in advertising. He entered show business in London as a chorus boy, going from there to cabaret, radio and theatrical understudy. His film debut, in 1936, was as Curly Randall in Find the Lady (1936). His U.S. debut, the same year, with Twentieth Century-Fox, was as Lord Everett Stacy in Lloyd's of London (1936). During the late 1930s and early 1940s he made a number of movies as Simon Templar--the Saint--and as Gay Lawrence, the Falcon.
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George Sanders was born in Russia but during the revolution, his family was forced to flee to England. He went on to graduate from college and then went into acting on the London stage. He made his debut in the English film Find The Lady in 1936. After a few more lower budget films made in England, he packed up and moved to Hollywood. His most memorable performance was in the movie All About Eve, in which he won an Oscar for best supporting actor in 1950. He appeared in Batman in 1966 and afterwards, had a few roles in some lower budget sci-fi movies..
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