Considered with Sir Laurence Olivier as one of the finest actors of the 20th century, the versatile and prolific Sir John Gielgud has fashioned a career spanning more than 75 years of theater, film and television. Scion of an illustrious stage family--his maternal grand-aunt was the celebrated 19th Century actress Ellen Terry and his paternal great-grandmother was famed Lithuanian actress Anielia Aszpergerowa--Gielgud trained on a one-year scholarship at Lady Benson's Acting School and at RADA before making his stage debut at age 17 in 1921 at the Old Vic with a single line as a herald in
