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Facts

Also Known As Derek Niven van den Bogaerde
Born March 28, 1921 • London • England
Died May 8, 1999 (aged 78) • London • England

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Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud, Dirk Bogarde, and David Warner seated with others around an outdoor dining table in a garden scene from the film Providence (1977).
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Charlotte Rampling in 1983, wearing a patterned red and black blouse, with shoulder-length wavy hair, looking slightly to the side and smiling softly.
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Julie Christie wearing a white collared shirt and dark jacket, with short wavy hair, posing at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Sir Ian McKellen smiling, wearing a dark wide-brimmed hat and patterned scarf at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in London.
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