Gerald du Maurier
Also Known As: Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier, Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier
Biography: Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier was an English actor and manager. He was the son of the writer George du Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. In 1902, he married the actress Muriel Beaumont with whom he had three daughters: writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier , and painter Jeanne du Maurier. His popularity lay in his subtle and naturalistic acting: a "delicately realistic style of acting that sought to suggest rather than to state the deeper emotions". His Times obituary said of his career: "His parentage assured him of engagements in the best of company to begin with; but it was his own talent that took advantage of them."
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hampstead, London
Adult: No
Birthday: March 26, 1873
Age: 152 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 11, 1934
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The Rise of Catherine the Great

Overview: The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-09
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I Was a Spy

Overview: During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the information she's passed on, and the fact that the local German commandant is falling in love with her.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-04
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Escape!

Overview: When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-28
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Lord Camber's Ladies

Overview: In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is married to a shrewish actress and cannot get out of the marriage. The distraught woman then leaves her shop to become a nurse. Trouble ensues when the actress suddenly appears, accuses the nurse of fooling around with her husband and dies leaving the nurse and the husband to be charged with murder. Fortunately, they are found innocent and they are free to fall in love at last.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-27
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The Scotland Yard Mystery

Overview: A doctor uses his unique medical knowledge to mastermind a lucrative life-insurance scam; in a rare film role, legendary thespian Gerald du Maurier stars as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner who sets out to uncover the secret of five empty coffins and catch the villainous swine responsible for such depravities.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-03
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Jew Süss

Overview: A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss is the story of life in the 18th century Jewish ghetto of Württemberg. Süss (Veidt) works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power with the help of an evil Duke.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-13
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Masks and Faces

Overview: An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-03-01
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