The legendary Christopher Lee died – Premiere.fr Cinema

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of the legendary Christopher Lee .
Also big in size (1.96 meters) by the talent ( over two hundred films), Christopher Lee was born May 27, 1922 in London, and grew up between a lieutenant colonel of the Royal Infantry father and mother countess.
After extensive studies at the prestigious University Oxford, where he studied classical literature in particular and ancient languages, he enlisted in the army and fought against the Soviet Union during the Winter War, before signing the Royal Air Force with which he took part in World War II and the denazification of Germany, experiences that will mark him for life

Artist total. – producer, actor, musician, singer – he will start his prolific career from the screen 1951 embody Creature alongside Peter Cushing / Frankenstein. His early career was also marked by the fantastic (often for films produced by the famous Hammer) since it will play a dozen times a legendary Count Dracula.
Being a polyglot (he speaks English, German, Italian, French, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Hebrew and Greek), he also toured widely abroad, especially in Italy, Spain and Russia

& gt;. & gt; & gt; Christopher Lee hated being called a “star of horror”

From the 70, he will vary his roles and also will be seen well in Julius Caesar in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes , or adaptation of Three Musketeers and even villain in the James Bond The Man With The Golden Gun in which he pitched the title role. Then, in the 80s, he toured almost exclusively in the United States but also feature films for television and will be seen especially in a famous adaptation of the World in 80 Days , or in The Salamander alongside Claudia Cardinale and Anthony Quinn.

Far from dying out, his career will take a new boom in the 90′s which will see it run with Tim Burton ( Sleepy Hollow ), Peter Jackson (the unforgettable Saruman Lord of the Rings ) and George Lucas (Count Dooku in the second trilogy Star Wars ) before returning Tim Burton several times in the 2000s ( Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Dark Shadows ).

Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II November 2001, Christopher Lee was decorated with the medal of Chevalier of Arts and Letters some years later

He died Sunday at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital -. as The Telegraph which issued the death certificate – following a respiratory failure. He was 93 years old.

Mathieu Lecerf ( MathieuLecerf )