Actor
Robert Donat
Goodbye, Mr Chips beat Gone with the Wind to the Academy Award, and asthma cut his career short.
Friedrich Robert Donat was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor as the gentle English schoolmaster Mr. Chips.
- Born
- 1905-03-18, Withington, EnglandA Saturday
- Died
- 1958-06-09, London, EnglandA Monday, aged 53
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1905-03-18, Withington, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 27°13′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 19°24′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 5°20′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 8°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 23°45′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 2°16′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 27°24′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 4°02′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 5°22′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 19°43′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1958-06-09, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 18°06′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 19°56′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 7°05′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 9°33′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 1°34′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 21°53′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 22°45′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Leo | 8°49′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 2°18′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 29°58′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Robert Donat 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.