Il 31 October 2020 the world has mourned the loss of an immortal icon, the legendary interpreter of 007, Sean Connery.
Died at 90, he was one of the sexiest, most famous and long-lived actors in Hollywood, he had two women by his side throughout his life: his first wife Diane Cilento, actress and mother of his son Jason Connery, from whom he divorced in 1973, and the painter Micheline Roquebrune, with whom he had no children, together for 45 years and close to him even during the last years of his life, from illness to death.
The first and unforgettable agent 007 in the James Bond saga has collected an Academy Award and three Golden Globes in his career. He retired from the stage in 2003 after working in The legend of extraordinary men.
The Scottish actor, born in Edinburgh, was suffering from one neurodegenerative disease, perhaps the cause that prompted him to stop acting, even if the news was never officially confirmed by the actor's family.
Sean was loved and remembered not only for his acting skills but also for his civil commitment and above all for his activism towards the independence of Scotland.
A great talent and an unquestionably loved icon: in this way we remember, in memory of his death, his life and the career of the most famous secret agent in the world.
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Sean Connery was born in a suburb of Edinburgh in 1930 to a cleaning lady and a truck driver. Before getting lucky in the cinema, he worked as a lifeguard, milkman and even a coffin painter, until he chose to wear the British navy uniform, a path that was later abandoned due to health problems incompatible with a military career.
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In his early twenties he decided to devote yourself to cinema. As is well known, success came when the Scottish actor was chosen to give the face of thesecret agent 007 in 1962, a role he then played six more times.
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After concluding his journey with James Bond, Sean Connery starred in several other films, including The Untouchables, with which he won the Oscar it's a Golden Globe to Best Supporting Actor, e The Name of the Rose with which the BAFTA to the best leading actor.
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Before knowing him as James Bond, however, Sean had already appeared on the big screen. You have to go to the 1957, when the actor got his first film role: a minor part in No Road Back.
In the same year, he was also cast for other films, until a starring role finally came in 1958: Sean starred in melodrama. Another Time, Another Place alongside the famous model-actress Lana Turner.
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1962 marks thebeginning of career Sean Connery as the British secret agent James Bond. Despite some initial reluctance to commit to this project, he was also aware that this role could be crucial to his career - and it was!
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Sean went on to play 007 in the first five Bond films and then two more. The film earned $ 59,5 million on a budget of $ 1,1 million.
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The two actors filmed in the first episode of the series, Dr. No.
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The two actors on the set of Dr. No.
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Sean marries the actress in that very important 1962.
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Sean Connery in the second film in the series, From Russia With Love of 1963. Here he is alongside the co-star Daniella Bianchi.
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Although he would not officially abandon his most important role for another 20 years, he began get tired of the pressures imposed on him by the franchise and in 1965 he admitted he was "fed up with the whole Bond story."
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1964 marked the third time for Sean Connery with the role of 007.
Here he is pictured on the set of Goldfinger. The film was a smash hit at the box office: it grossed $ 125 million on a $ 3 million budget!
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Sean Connery didn't just appear in Bond movies. While he created a legendary image as the British secret agent, he also appeared in films not related to the franchise.
Here he is immortalized with actress Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock's 1964 film Marnie.
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Connery is portrayed here with actress Molly Peters in the fourth installment of the Bond series, Thunderball of 1965.
The Spy, which earned a whopping $ 141,2 million on a budget of $ 9 million, was the first film in the series to have a running time of over 120 minutes.
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Marnie it wasn't the only Alfred Hitchcock film in which Sean Connery landed a starring role. It also appeared in The Hill of 1965 and in The Fine Madness of 1966.
He is portrayed here with co-star Joanne Woodward in the latter.
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Sean Connery reprized his role as a British secret agent in 1967 in You Live Only Twice. The film, which earned $ 111,6 million on a budget of 9,5 million, was loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name.
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Sean Connery and his wife Diane Cilento welcomed their son Jason in 1963. They are seen here with their then 2 year old son at the London airport in December of '65.
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Nine years after his debut as James Bond, the actor took on the famous role for the sixth and final time in 1971 in Diamonds Are Forever.
Sean was paid $ 1,25 million to reprise the role and the film was yet another box office success for the franchise - it earned $ 116 million on a budget of 7,2 million.
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In 1971, he also starred in the neo-noir film The Anderson Tapes, based on Lawrence Sanders' 1970 novel of the same name.
The film, which co-stars Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam and Alan King, was praised as the first of its kind to explore electronic surveillance. Sean took over the titular role of Duke Anderson.
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After nine years of marriage, Sean Connery and first wife Diane Cilento they separated in 1971. The ex, seen here the year before their separation, finalized their divorce two years later.
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During the early 70's, Sean Connery was enjoyed the single life. He briefly dated the actress Jill St John (pictured here in 1975): the before purchasing, American Bond girl from the 007 series and the co-star of Sean in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever.
He also dated actresses such as Magda Konopka, Carole Mallory and Lana Wood.
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In 1975, Connery starred opposite close friend Michael Caine in an adventure film based on Rudyard Kipling's 1888 novel of the same name, The man who would be king.
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In 1975, Sean marries for the second time, with the Moroccan-French artist Micheline roquebrune. Here they are seen in an undated photo at the beginning of their romance.
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Connery continued to have leading roles throughout the 70s. He has appeared in films such as Assassination on the Orient Express of 1974, Robin and Marian 1976 and Cuba of 1979.
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He is pictured here alongside Dirk Bogarde, Ryan O'Neal and Gene Hackman in the 1977 epic A Bridge Too Far.
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In 1983, Sean Connery played James Bond for seventh and last time in Never Say Never Again. He was 53 when the film came out.
The name of the film would have been inspired by Sean's comments that he would "never again" reprise the role. He earned $ 160 million on a budget of $ 36 million.
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Red carpet time! Sean Connery and his wife Micheline are pictured here at the premiere of Never Say Never Again in London in 1983.
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Sean Connery is seen here with his close friend and former co-star Michael Caine at an event in 1985. The British actors first met at a party after a production of South Pacific in 1954.
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1986 marks the release of the mysterious drama The Name of the Rose, in which Sean Connery co-stars alongside F. Murray Abraham. Sean, pictured here with a young Christian Slater, played William of Baskerville, a Franciscan friar charged with investigating suspicious deaths in a medieval abbey.
Connery earned a BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his performance.
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In 1988, Sean Connery won the first and only Academy Award of his career. He took home an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1987 crime drama The Untouchables.
During his acceptance speech, the actor reflected on his first Oscar appearance 30 years earlier, debuting with: “Patience is truly a virtue. "
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And the rewards keep coming! Sean Connery is seen here at the 50th BAFTA Awards in 1988. That evening he was honored with the Fellowship Award, which celebrates “excellence in the art forms of the moving image”.
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Sean Connery added the Kennedy Center Honoree to his extensive list of hits in 1999. Here he is at Kennedy Center's Opera House in Washington, DC, in December of that year.
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In the 2000s, Sean Connery began to step away from the spotlight. In 2001, he was offered the role of Gandalf in the franchise The Lord of the Rings, but reportedly refused, because "he never understood the script".
If Sean had agreed to appear in the franchise, he could have made a whopping $ 450 million! We saw it here at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2001.
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In 2012, Sean Connery - seen here that year at a New York Stock Exchange event - returned briefly from retirement to voice Scotland's first CG film, Guardians of the Highlands. same product.
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At 87, Sean Connery - a great tennis fan - participated in the US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows in New York City in August 2017.
It would be one of his last public appearances before he died in the Bahamas in October 2020 at the age of 90.
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