Sacha Guitry

In 1931, the government of France awarded him the Legion of Honor. After his passing, a street was named in his honor in the city of Nice, France and Radio France named a studio for him. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. Sacha Guitry is interred with his fifth wife in the Cimetière de Montmartre, in the Parisian suburb of Montmartre. One of Irving's sons, Laurence Irving, was a dramatist. Of the 30 films he directed, some of his most recognized are "The Story of a Cheat" (1937), "Pearls of the Crown" (1938), and " Royal Affair in Versailles" in 1953. He and Ellen Terry continued to work together until 1902, but the Lyceum had to be sold in 1898. He went on to be recognized as one of the truly innovative directors, sometimes compared to Orson Welles because of his techniques. In 1895, he became the first actor ever to receive a knighthood.

In addition to his plays, Sacha Guitry wrote and acted in many early films and in 1935 directed for the first time. He played all the major Shakespearean roles, including Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello, and by 1878, when he entered into a partnership with the actress Ellen Terry and became manager of the Lyceum Theatre, London, he was already famous. Together they performed in a number of his plays bringing the extremely popular 1925 production of "Mozart" to cities in North America, including New York City, Montreal, Quebec and Boston, Massachusetts. His first appearances were in Scotland and the north of England, and he did not tread the London stage until 1866. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1919 Guitry married singing star Yvonne Printemps. He was born at Keinton Mandeville in the English county of Somerset, and worked as a clerk in London before becoming an actor. In 1918 his theatrical production premiered in Paris to critical acclaim. Guitry's dramas include "Nono" (1905), "Deburan" (1918) and "Jean de la Fontaine" in 1922. John Henry Brodribb Irving (February 6, 1838–October 13, 1905), better known as Sir Henry Irving, was one of the most famous stage actors of all time.

An intellect and a prolific writer with a sharp wit, by the age of 17 Guitry had already written the first of his 120 plays. As a five year old, he appeared on stage with his father. It was during this time in Russia that Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry was born and eventually nicknamed Sacha. Petersburg, before returning to France.

He was the son of Lucien Germain Guitry (1860–1925), a major Parisian stage actor who spent nine years at the Michel Theater, in St. Petersburg, Russia – died July 24, 1957 in Paris, France, was a film actor, director and screenwriter and playwright. Sacha Guitry, born February 21, 1885 in St.