Charles Jarrott, 83, Director of Period Movies, Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Jarrott, the veteran British film and television director best known for the acclaimed costume dramas “Anne of the Thousand Days” and “Mary, Queen of Scots,” died here on Friday. He was 83.
His death was announced by a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture & Television Fund retirement community where he had been living. He had been suffering from prostate cancer.
Born in London in 1927, Mr. Jarrott served in the Royal Navy during World War II and was an actor before he began directing for television in 1954.
He won a Golden Globe for “Anne of the Thousand Days” (1969), his first theatrical feature, which starred Richard Burton as King Henry VIII and Geneviève Bujold as Anne Boleyn. Two years later he returned with the similarly themed “Mary, Queen of Scots,” with Vanessa Redgrave in the title role and Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I....
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His death was announced by a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture & Television Fund retirement community where he had been living. He had been suffering from prostate cancer.
Born in London in 1927, Mr. Jarrott served in the Royal Navy during World War II and was an actor before he began directing for television in 1954.
He won a Golden Globe for “Anne of the Thousand Days” (1969), his first theatrical feature, which starred Richard Burton as King Henry VIII and Geneviève Bujold as Anne Boleyn. Two years later he returned with the similarly themed “Mary, Queen of Scots,” with Vanessa Redgrave in the title role and Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I....