Christopher Lee – Biography of Christopher Lee

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Place of birth: Belgravia (London, England)
Family: Father: Army Colonel
Mother: Condessa Estelle Marie Carandini Di Sarzano (of Italian origin)
Wife: Birgit Kroencke

Biography:Despite the good situation of his family, there were financial problems that forced the young Christopher to abandon his studies at the prestigious Wellington school and he had to start working.

In the beginning, his career turned towards the musical genre. He was even part of the choirs at the Stockholm Opera, but he left these practices because the remuneration was not enough. That was how she decided that she would pursue acting, against her mother’s wishes.

During World War II Christopher Lee belonged to the Air Force and Special Forces and, prepied for his performance, acquired the rank of Flight Lieutenant. In 1947 he signed a contract with a production company, and from then on he did not stop making films and television series. He also did theater, opera and recorded on radio around the world. I also sing in “Le Retour de Capitaine Invincible” and recorded “Le Roi de la Fille d’Elfland” for the Chrysalide, Stravinsky.
Producer Filippo de Giudice hires him at “Two Cities” .
Ten years later (1957), Terence Fisher revolutionized his career by proposing to embody the character of “Frankenstein”, marking the glamorous start of a great career.

He is a very cultured man endowed with life experiences, he speaks French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, English, Russian and Greek.

Christopher Lee is an actor with one of the longest professional careers in artistic history, something like 250 titles between movies, television shows, and plays. He has become an icon for several generations, Fu Manchu for some, Dracula for others and even an evil wizard from Middle-earth for some more, he has starred in so many films that it is difficult to keep them in memory.
Filmography:

  • Star Wars: Episode III. Revenge of the Sith (2005)
  • Purple Rivers 2 – Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
  • James Dean. An Invented Life (2001)
  • Death Train (1992)
  • The Miser (1991)
  • Gremlins 2: The Next Generation (1990)
  • Return of the Musketeers (1989)
  • Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
  • Mine in Neverland (1987)
  • Howls II (1985)
  • The Killer Mask (1985)
  • The House of Shadows of the Past (1983)
  • Safari 3000 (1982)
  • Blow for blow (1981)
  • The Red Salamander (1980)
  • One thousand nine hundred forty-one (1979)
  • Magic Carpets (1979)
  • The Passage (1978)
  • Airport 77 (1977)
  • The Four Musketeers (1974)
  • The Three Musketeers (1973)
  • The Line of Death (1972)
  • Hellish Night (1972)
  • Dracula 73 (1972)
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1972)
  • Vampir-Cuadecuc (1970)
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
  • Count Dracula (1970)
  • The Witches’ Trial (1969)
  • The Castle of Fu Manchú (1969)
  • The oblong box (1969)
  • The coffin (1969)
  • Death Race (1969)
  • The Power of Dracula’s Blood (1969)
  • The Devil’s Bride (1968)
  • Fu-Manchu and the kiss of death (1968)
  • Dracula returns from the grave (1968)
  • Rasputin (1966)
  • Dracula, prince of darkness (1966)
  • The Girlfriends of Fu Manchú (1966)
  • The Theater of Death (1966)
  • The Goddess of Fire (1965)
  • The Return of Fu Manchu (1965)
  • Doctor Terror (1965)
  • The jellyfish (1964)
  • The Gorgon (1964)
  • The Longest Day (1962)
  • The Two Faces of Doctor Jekyll (1961)
  • The Mummy (1959)
  • Baskerville’s Dog (1959)
  • Baskerville’s Dog (1959)
  • Dracula (1958)
  • Beyond Mombasa (1957)
  • Moby Dick (1956)
  • Ill met by moonlight (1956)
  • The Battle of the Rio de la Plata (1956)
  • Tempest on the Nile (1955)
  • Moulin Rouge (1952)
  • The gentleman of the seas (1951)
  • State marriage (1948)
  • Hamlet (1948)