Jeremy Brett Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Peter Jeremy William Huggins
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Friday
BIRTHPLACE
Berkswell, United Kingdom
DIED AT AGE
61 Years 10 Months 9 Days
DEATHDATE
September 12, 1995
DEATHPLACE
Clapham, London, United Kingdom
CAUSE OF DEATH
Heart attack
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
SCORPIO
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
6'1''(feet & inches)
1.8542 meters
185.42 cm
WEIGHT
N/A
Jeremy Brett Family Members
Parents
MOTHER
Elizabeth Edith Cadbury Huggins
FATHER
Henry William Huggins
BROTHER(S) NAME
Jeremy Brett Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Anna Massey (1958-1962)
SPOUSE
Joan Sullivan Wilson (1976-1985)
Fame & Address
Education, Net Worth & More
More Information
Career of Jeremy Brett
He was an excellent performer both on stage and on screen. He started his career on the London stage afterward he appeared in the film War and Peace. He works successfully in his whole career. Also appeared in comic roles like Captain Absolute in "The Rivals". He remains working even when he was very ill and also mentally disturbed.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Jeremy Brett
- Did Jeremy Brett takes alcohol? Yes.
- Was Jeremy Brett in the habit of Smoking? Yes. He had a longtime smoking habit which weakened his heart that resulted in his death. He used to smoke about sixty cigarettes a day.
- His singing in "My Fair Lady" was dubbed by Bill Shirley.
- He was a patient of bipolar disorder and was advised lithium tablets to fight his manic depression.
- He loved horseriding and wanted to become a jockey before appearing in films.
- His father thinks acting as a doubtful profession and does not allow him to use the family name on stage. That's why he decided to take his stage name from the label of his first suit, "Brett & Co."
- He got the role of Nicholas Rostov in War and Peace as his identity is same as his on-screen sibling, Audrey Hepburn.
- He was the only actor in a scene in War and Peace when Rostov go for hunting with Prince Andrei who was on the original horse but all the other actors were on the mechanical horse.
- He also likes archery and belongs to the Woodmen of Arden, an archery club.
- He was a left-handed while the character of Sherlock Holmes was right-handed. In order to hide the fact, a hand double was used whenever the character had to write something.
- He was a speech impediment when he was a kid. He could not pronounce "R" sound clearly and was erected by a surgery in his teenage. Also, he used to practice speech exercises daily.
- Also in his school time, he suffered from dyslexia and had faced difficulties in learning.
- In his later life, he cannot breathe and need an oxygen mask on the set but still completed the later episodes of the Sherlock Holmes series.
- When he was on the stage playing the title role in Hamlet, his mother died in a car accident. This affected him a lot which was also seen in his afterward performances.
- He had a small uncredited part as the artist's father in Moll Flanders.
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