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Date: 22 February 1885
Sacha Guitry Birthday, Date of Birth
Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (French: [gitʁi]; 21 February 1885 – 24 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession. He became known for his stage performances, particularly in boulevardier roles. He was also a prolific playwright, writing 115 plays throughout his career. He was married five times, always to rising actresses whose careers he furthered. Probably his best-known wife was Yvonne Printemps to whom he was married between 1919 and 1932.
Guitry's plays range from historical dramas to contemporary light comedies. Some have incidental music by composers including André Messager and Reynaldo Hahn. When silent films became popular Guitry avoided them, finding the lack of spoken dialogue fatal to dramatic impact. From the 1930s to the end of his life he enthusiastically embraced the cinema, making as many as five films in a single year.
The later years of Guitry's career were overshadowed by accusations of collaborating with the occupying Germans after the capitulation of France in the Second World War. The charges were dismissed, but Guitry, a strongly patriotic man, was disillusioned by the vilification he received from some of his compatriots. By the time of his death, his popular esteem had been restored to the extent that 12,000 people filed past his coffin before his burial in Paris.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Saturday, February 21, 1885
- Place of Birth
- San Pietroburgo
- Age
- 140
- Star Sign
- ♓
The February 21, 1885 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 51 day of the year. President of the United States was Chester Arthur.
If you were born on this day, you are 140 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, February 21, 2025, 228 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, February 21, 2026, in 136 days. You have lived for 51,362 days, or about 1,232,693 hours, or about 73,961,623 minutes, or about 4,437,697,380 seconds.
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21st of February 1885 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 21, 1885
CITY AND SUBURBAN NEWS; NEW-YORK. BROOKLYN. LONG ISLAND. STATEN ISLAND. NEW-JERSEY.
Date: 22 February 1885
Forty-second and Grand-Street Ferry Company; Car License Fees Paid
GEN. WOLSELEY'S PLIGHT; REPORTS OF HIS SUICIDE FROM TURKISH SOURCES. RUMORS ALSO OF FRESH DISASTER TO GEN. BULLER'S FORCE--HOSTILE ARABS GATHERING IN GREAT NUMBERS.
Date: 22 February 1885
ENGLAND'S WAR PROBLEMS; GREAT ANXIETY FOR BULLER'S SAFETY AND WOLSELEY'S. LONDON BADLY UPSET--SAFETY OF THE MINISTRY BECAUSE ITS PROGRAMME IS THE BETTER OF TWO EVILS--SIGNIFICANT SCENES IN PARLIAMENT. UNREADINESS OF THE ENGLISH. FEARFUL OF BULLER'S FATE. GLADSTONE RECEIVED IN SILENCE. NO INTEREST IN OTHER TOPICS. ART NOTES. AFFAIRS OF THE STAGE.
Date: 22 February 1885
By Mackay-Bennett Commercial Cable from Our Own Correspondent
Mackay-bennett Cable
GOSSIP OF THE THEATRES; ENGLISH OPERA TO BE GIVEN AT THE BIJOU THIS SPRING. SOME OF THE SINGERS--OFF FOR THE WEST --LYDIA THOMPSON--MADISON-SQUARE PLANS--MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
Date: 22 February 1885