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Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (26 March 1873 – 11 April 1934) was an English actor and manager. He was the son of author George du Maurier and his wife, Emma Wightwick, and the brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies.
Learn about the life and career of Sir Gerald du Maurier, one of the top thespians on the English stage in the first third of the 20th Century. He starred in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" and "The Dancers", and was knighted by King George V in 1922.
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Sir Gerald du Maurier (born March 26, 1873, London, Eng.—died April 11, 1934, London) was an actor-manager, the chief British exponent of a delicately realistic style of acting that sought to suggest rather than to state the deeper emotions.
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Sir Gerald Du Maurier was one of the top thespians on the English stage in the first third of the 20th Century, and his distinguished career as an actor-manager led to his being knighted by King George V in 1922.
- March 26, 1873
- April 11, 1934
Overview. Gerald du Maurier. (1873—1934) actor and theatre manager. Quick Reference. (1873–1934) English actor-manager. The son of George du Maurier (the author of Trilby and an artist), Gerald was better educated than most performers of his generation and became the quintessential ...
A collection of portraits of the actor-manager and son of George du Maurier, who starred in several of J. M. Barrie's plays. See his images, biography, family tree and comments from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier was an English actor and manager. His popularity lay in his subtle yet realistic acting style: a "delicately realistic style of acting that sought to suggest rather than to state the deeper emotions".