David Hemmings
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David Hemmings (1976)
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David Edward Leslie Hemmings 18 November 1941 Guildford, Surrey, England |
| Died | 3 December 2003 (aged 62) Bucharest, Romania |
| Alma mater | Glyn Grammar School |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer-songwriter (operatic boy soprano) and pop singer) |
| Years active | 1954-2003, his death |
| Spouse(s) | • Genista Ouvry (1st marriage) • Gayle Hunnicutt (2nd marriage) • Prudence J. de Casembroot (3rd marriage) • Lucy Williams (4th marriage) |
| Children | • Deborah (with Ouvry) • Nolan Hemmings (with Hunnicutt) • George (with de Casembroot) • Edward (with de Casembroot) • Charlotte (with de Casembroot) • William (with de Casembroot) |
David Edward Leslie Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English film, theatre and television actor, as well as a film and television director and producer. He founded also the Hemdale Film Corporation in 1967.
He is noted for his role as the photographer in the drama mystery-thriller film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles.
David Hemmings was born in Guildford, in the county of Surrey, to a biscuit salesman father. His education at Alleyn's School, Glyn Grammar School in Ewell and the Arts Educational School, led him to start his career performing as a boy soprano in several works by the composer Benjamin Britten, who formed a close friendship with him at this time. Most notably, Hemmings created the role of Miles in Britten's chamber opera Turn of the Screw (1954). His intimate, yet innocent, relationship with Britten is described in John Bridcut's book Britten's Children (2006). Although many commentators identified Britten's relationship with Hemmings as based on an infatuation, throughout his life, Hemmings maintained categorically that Britten's conduct with him was beyond reproach at all times. Hemmings had earlier played the title role in Britten's The Little Sweep (1952), which was part of Britten's Let's Make An Opera! children's production.
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