by Alec Guinness · Hamish Hamilton Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241137802
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«My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor» is the diary of actor Alec Guinness, published by Hamish Hamilton in paperback (224 pages, in English).
The book brings together extracts from Alec Guinness's personal diary written over some eighteen months from January 1995. With humour and observation, the actor ranges from the National Lottery to his friendship with Ralph Richardson, and also addresses the Catholic Church and the Hampshire landscape.
The diary was originally published in 1996; this edition is from 1997.
For readers interested in actors' memoirs, autobiography and theatre.
Sir Alec Guinness was an English actor. In the BFI listing of the 100 most important British films of the 20th century, he was the single most noted actor, represented across nine films—six in starring roles and three in supporting roles—including five directed by David Lean and four from Ealing Studios. He won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, a Tony Award and a Volpi Cup. In 1959, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1980 and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 1989.
