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Edmund Purdom
Actor
Male
Born
Dec 19, 1926
Hometown
Hertfordshire
Died
Jan 1, 2009
Death Place
Rome
Other Names
Purdom, Edmund An...
Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom was a British actor.
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Vivienne PurdomMarried
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Anita PhillipsMarried
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Family
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Edmund Purdom
d.2009
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Lilan PurdomSon
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1924
Birth
Born on December 19, 1924.
TWENTIES
1946
21 Years Old
He began his acting career in 1946 by joining the Northampton Repertory Company, appearing in productions which included Romeo and Juliet and Molière's The Imaginary Invalid.
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1951
26 Years Old
In 1951-52, Purdom appeared in small roles with the Laurence Olivier/Vivien Leigh company on Broadway in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra when his good looks brought him to the attention of Hollywood.
His appearance in small roles in Titanic and Julius Caesar led to his being cast in the leading role opposite Ann Blyth in the MGM musical The Student Prince in 1954, a part originally intended for Mario Lanza, whose disagreement with director Curtis Bernhardt over the way a certain song was to be sung had led to his dismissal by MGM. (The film was subsequently directed by Richard Thorpe.) Purdom lip-synched to Lanza's singing voice.
THIRTIES
1955
30 Years Old
He then played the title role in the biblical epic The Prodigal, MGM's most lavish production of 1955.
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1962
37 Years Old
Purdom was married four times and divorced three times: his first three wives, all divorced, were Anita (Tita) Philips (or Phillips), the mother of his children; actress Linda Christian in 1962, ex-wife of Tyrone Power; and Alicia Darr, of Polish extraction.
1964
39 Years Old
After that, his career as a major film star ran out of steam, with the exception of some rare cameo appearances, such as The Yellow Rolls-Royce in 1964.
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FIFTIES
1984
59 Years Old
In 1984, he directed his first and only film, Don't Open 'Til Christmas.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2000
75 Years Old
In 2000 he married his fourth wife, the photographer Vivienne Purdom.
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