Birth Name:

Alan Bennett

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, May 09, 1934

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Armley, England, United Kingdom

Age:

89

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

18°

Tau

7'

About Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University, where he studied history and performed with the Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full-time, his first stage play, Forty Years On, being produced in 1968.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• (in French) French website dedicated to Alan Bennett

• Profile at the British Council

• Interview BBC archive 6 December 2009 with Mark Lawson. (Video, 1 hr)

• BBC Interview Radio 4 Front Row archive. (Audio, 1 hr)

• Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery (3 pages)

• Alan Bennett at IMDb

• Alan Bennett at British Comedy Guide

• "Curtain re-opens on Bennett play" BBC News, 29 January 2009 – Video interview with Alan Bennett

• Alan Bennett at the BFI's Screenonline

• Guardian profile "Birthday boy" 7 May 2009 by Blake Morrison.

• Alan Bennett at Macmillan Books

• Alan Bennett's Talking Heads BBC Radio 4 "The Reunion". (Audio, 42 min)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Alan Bennett: Sun 18 Taurus, Moon 28 Pisces, Mercury 13 Taurus, Venus 3 Aries, Mars 12 Taurus, Jupiter 14 Libra, Saturn 27 Aquarius, Uranus 28 Aries, Neptune 9 Virgo, Pluto 22 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Mars, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Trine Neptune, Mars Quincunx Jupiter, Mars Trine Neptune, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Saturn Sextile Uranus, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

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