Actor & director
John Gielgud
One of the great Shakespeareans of the century, and one of the few people to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony. He was still working at ninety-four.
Sir Arthur John Gielgud was an English actor and theatre director. With his contemporaries Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, his career spanned eight decades, and gained his first paid acting work as a junior member of his cousin Phyllis Neilson-Terry's company in 1922. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Gielgud worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare from 1929 to 1931.
- Born
- 1904-04-14, London, EnglandA Thursday
- Died
- 2000-05-21, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, EnglandA Sunday, aged 96
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1904-04-14, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 24°06′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 8°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 11°53′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 1°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 5°43′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 10°39′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 19°13′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 29°54′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 3°24′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 18°59′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2000-05-21, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 0°41′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 5°25′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 14°47′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 25°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 12°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 21°01′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 21°48′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 20°49′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 6°31′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 11°50′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment John Gielgud was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
