Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, director, and screenwriter.[1][2][3][4][5] He appeared primarily in films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in The Spy with a Cold Nose.[6]
Lionel Jeffries
- Actor
- director
- screenwriter
1950–2001
3; including Ty Jeffries
Amy Mason (granddaughter)
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Early life[edit]
Jeffries was born in Forest Hill, south London.[7] Both his parents were social workers with the Salvation Army.[8] As a boy, he attended the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wimborne Minster in Dorset.[8]
In 1945, he received a commission in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry[8] and served in Burma at the Rangoon radio station during the Second World War,[9] being awarded the Burma Star. (He blamed the humidity there for his hair loss[9] at the age of 19.[8]) He also served as a captain in the Royal West African Frontier Force.[8]
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