Known or unknown SEAN CONNERY
competition in 1950, which led to work
on the stage, TV, and eventually film. As
a weight lifter, his nickname was "Big
Tam".
S
ome of us like to listen to music,
others like to watch movies but
sometimes we do not know
anything about our favourite actors or
performers. So I want to introduce you
some of them. First person who I want
to describe to you is Sean Connery.
Thomas Sean Connery was born on 25th
August
1930
in
Fountainbridge,
Edinburgh. His mother, Euphamia C.
Maclean, was a cleaning lady, and his
father, Joseph Connery, was a factory
worker and truck driver.
He also has a brother
named Neil Connery,
who works as a plasterer
in Edinburgh. Before
going into acting, Sean
had many different jobs,
such as a Milkman, lorry
driver, a labourer, artist's
model for the Edinburgh
College of Art, coffin
polisher
and
bodybuilder. He also
joined the Royal Navy, but was later
discharged because of medical problems.
At the age of 23, he had a choice
between becoming a professional
footballer or an actor, and even though
he showed much promise in the sport, he
chose acting and said it was one of his
more intelligent moves. He competed
for Scotland in the Mr. Universe
Biography: Wikipedia, IMDb.com
Sean Connery is well known to all of us
for his role as James Bond. He first
appeared as agent 007 in Dr. No (1962)
and subsequently played Bond in several
sequels. From Russia with Love (1963),
Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965),
Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Never Say
Never Again (1983) (unofficial). With
more than sixty movies to his credit,
Connery has become one of the world's
most prominent movie stars.
Sean married actress Diane Cilento in
1962 and they had a son, Jason Connery.
The marriage ended in divorce in 1973. In
1975 he married Micheline
Roquebrune and they have
stayed married, they have no
children together. He is also a
grandfather. They currently
live in California, but they
lived in the Bahamas until
May 2008.
He has long advocated
Scottish independence, and
has supported the Scottish
National Party (SNP), a
political party campaigning for Scottish
self-government, financially and through
personal appearances. In 2008, Connery
said in the Scottish Sunday Express that
he believed Scotland would become an
independent country within his lifetime,
Connery swore never to return to live in
Scotland
unless
it
became
an
independent
state.
BY MARIOLA
MARON