Stewart Granger
| Stewart Granger | |
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Granger circa 1970.
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| Born |
James Lablache Stewart 6 May 1913 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 16 August 1993 (aged 80) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Ashes Given to Family |
| Other names | Jimmy Stewart |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1933–1993 |
| Spouse(s) |
Elspeth March (1938–48) (divorced) two children Jean Simmons (1950–60) (divorced) one child Caroline LeCerf (1964–69) (divorced) one child |
| Children | Lindsey Granger, Jamie Granger Tracy Granger (b. 1956) Samantha |
Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas.
He was born James Lablache Stewart in Old Brompton Road, Kensington, West London, the only son of Major James Stewart, OBE and his wife Frederica Eliza (née Lablache). Granger was educated at Epsom College and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He was the great-great-grandson of the opera singer Luigi Lablache and the grandson of the actor Luigi Lablache. When he became an actor, he was advised to change his name in order to avoid being confused with the American actor James Stewart. (Granger was his Scottish grandmother's maiden name.) Offscreen friends and colleagues continued to call him Jimmy for the rest of his life, but to the general public he became Stewart Granger.
He made his film debut as an extra in 1933. It was at this time that he met Michael Wilding and they remained friends until Wilding's death in 1979. Years of theatre work followed, initially at Hull Repertory Theatre and then, after a pay dispute, at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Here he met Elspeth March, a leading actress with the company, who became his first wife.
At the outbreak of World War II Granger enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders, then transferred to the Black Watch with the rank of second lieutenant. However he suffered from stomach ulcers and he was invalided out of the army in 1942.
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