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Actor Born: May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London, England, UK Biography:After several years in secondary film roles, the skeletal, menacing "Christopher Lee" achieved horror-flick stardom as the Monster in 1958's "The Curse of Frankenstein", the second of his 21 Hammer Studios films. Contrary to popular belief, "Lee" and "Peter Cushing" did not first appear together in "The Curse of Frankenstein". In "Laurence Olivier"'s "Hamlet" (1948), in which Cushing plays the minor role of Osric, "Lee" appears as the cadaverous candle-bearer in the "frighted with false fires" scene, one of his first film roles. In 1958, "Lee" made his inaugural appearance as "the Count" in "The Horror of Dracula", with Cushing as Van Helsing. It would remain the favorite of "Lee"'s Dracula films; the actor later noted that he was grateful to be allowed to convey "the sadness of the character. The terrible sentence, the doom of immortality...."
Three years after "Curse", "Lee" added another... Full Biography
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