Last role
In 2001
Connery refused the offer to play the role of Gandalf in
the Lord of the Rings
. In an interview, the Scot admitted that he was tired of cinema and “the idiots making films in Hollywood now.”
After that, the artist starred in only one film - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
(released in 2003).
The idea was discussed of inviting Connery to play one of the roles in the next Bond series - 007: Skyfall
(year 2012). As a result, director Sam Mendes decided that this would distract viewers from the figure of the current Bond, Daniel Craig.
Who was the wife of the legendary James Bond?
Micheline was a Moroccan-French artist. The actor met her in 1975, and earlier the young people saw each other at a golf tournament in Morocco in 1970.
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Before meeting Sean, she was married twice, and the actor had already separated from his first wife, Diane Cilento.
In an interview, Connery admitted: “In the early days it was difficult for us to meet. Micheline lived in North Africa with her children. But we found ways to meet. I admired Micheline. She is an artist who creates work using simplified forms, unexpected frames and changes in scale. She has varied interests - she also works as a play director."
In addition, Micheline was an avid golfer. And Sean Connery gladly shared her passion.
Few people know that Micheline was part of the crew of the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, in which her husband played.
After the wedding, the couple lived on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas.
Knight Sean
Connery spent the last years of his life in the Bahamas. A staunch supporter of Scottish independence, he once said that he would return to his homeland only if it became independent.
In 2000
he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. The ceremony took place at the Scottish residence of the British monarchs. The media claimed that the then Labor government did its best to prevent the award of the title to the “separatist” Connery.
Photo: REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell
Personal life of Sean Connery
In 1962, Sean Connery married Australian actress Diane Cilento, with whom he was married for 11 years. In 1963, their son Jason was born, who also became a successful actor. Jason Connery is best known for his roles in the TV series Otherworld and Doctor Who.
Sean Connery with Diane Cilento and son
In 1975, Sean tied the knot for the second time with the French artist Micheline Roquebrune. They have been married for more than 40 years, but Micheline and Sean have no children together.
Sean Connery and Micheline Roquebrune
In 2000, Connery received the title Sir after being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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The only Oscar
In 1988
Connery received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He played the role of police officer Jim Malone in the crime drama The Untouchables
.
Variety wrote that it was the experienced Scottish actor who gave the film impetus, organically complementing the young leading man Kevin Costner.
Connery also has several BAFTA awards to his name ( The Hunt for Red October, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Untouchables, The Name of the Rose
).
Diane Cilento
Connery had two official marriages in his biography, and for the first time he married actress Diane Cilento when he was thirty-two years old.
In the photo: Sean Connery with his first wife
Sean Connery's first wife was almost his age - the age difference with her husband was three years. Diane is originally from Australia, but in order to realize her dream of becoming a famous actress, she moved to the UK at the age of seventeen.
Diane Cilento
However, the Australian was not very successful in this field - for a long time she had to be content with only small episodic roles, and only in the early sixties she was entrusted with playing a more or less noticeable role in the film “Tom Jones”.
Silento made every effort to show all her talent, and she succeeded - for the role of Molly Seagrim she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars. This was the only high point in her entire film career, and after marrying Sean Connery, she moved away from films altogether and practically did not act, devoting herself entirely to caring for her husband and their son.
In the photo: Connery with his family
Jason Connery, who appeared in 007's first marriage, became the first and only of Sean Connery's children. Growing up, he followed in his father's footsteps and became an actor, and later began directing and producing.
Sean Connery lived with Diane Cilento for eleven years, and in the last years of his marriage he had another woman, artist Micheline Roquebrune, who later became Sean Connery's second wife.
Diane Silenta in her last years
Diane Silenta, already during her life with Sean, became involved in religion, and after her divorce from him, she devoted almost all her time to studies with her spiritual mentor John Bennett. She hardly acted, and in the eighties, Sean Connery's ex-wife returned to Australia. Diane remarried and lived with her husband until his death.
Could have become a football star
Amateur football player Sean Connery attracted the attention of his fellow countryman, the famous Scottish coach Matt Busby. After the 1952 championship, he was going to rejuvenate the Manchester United squad.
Connery was offered a weekly salary of 25 pounds for agreeing to sign a contract with Manchester United. After hesitating, he refused, opting for an acting career.
Busby Babes
, as the new squad of the Manchester club was called, won the English Championships in 1956 and 1957. On February 6, 1958, a plane carrying the team crashed at Munich airport, eight football players were among the 23 dead.
Did you have a child together?
Sean and Micheline did not have children together, but they both have heirs from previous relationships.
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The actor has a son, Jason Connery, from his first marriage to actress Diane Cilento. Sean was married to her for 11 years. The marriage ended when Diana accused him of abusing her.
Micheline has three children from her previous marriage: Oliver, Misha and Stefan.
Milk delivery man, coffin varnisher
Before his film debut in 1954
(a cameo role in the film
Lilacs in the Spring
) Connery tried his hand at the theater. On the advice of American actor Robert Henderson, he took lessons in acting, public speaking, and self-education.
At age 13, Connery dropped out of school. He looked for odd jobs: delivering milk, varnishing coffins, laying bricks. Then he joined the Royal Navy, but three years later Bond was discharged due to a stomach ulcer.
It was in the army that he got two tattoos on his hands: Scotland forever (Scotland forever) and Mum and Dad (Mom and Dad).
Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. His mother Efimia McBain, née McLean, was a simple cleaner. Father Joseph combined work at a factory with driving trucks. Connery's paternal ancestors immigrated to Scotland from neighboring Ireland back in the nineteenth century. All other family members were of original Scottish descent. Thomas's parents were representatives of different religious movements: his father adhered to the canons of Catholicism, while his mother professed Protestantism. The future actor was brought up with his brother Neil, who was eight years younger than him. He received the name “Tommy” (as Connery was called in early childhood) in honor of his grandfather. As a teenager, almost all of his friends used his middle name, Sean, when communicating with him.
In elementary school, Connery was quite short, but by the age of eighteen his height had reached 188 centimeters. Sean was given the nickname "Big Tam". In one of his interviews, the actor admitted that he lost his virginity at the age of fourteen, and his partner was an unknown adult lady wearing a military uniform of the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Corps. At the very beginning of his career, Sean tried his hand at being a milkman and then joined the Royal Navy. During his service he got two tattoos: “Mum and Dad” and “Scotland Forever”. Connery was soon discharged from service due to a peptic ulcer, from which most of the men in his family suffered.
Young Sean began to actively look for a new vocation: he was a truck driver, a lifeguard in baths, a laborer, a model at the Edinburgh College of Art, and even a coffin polisher. Working as a model brought him fifteen shillings an hour. One of the art students later recalled Connery as very modest, timid and impeccably handsome. At the age of eighteen, Sean became interested in bodybuilding and took third place in the international bodybuilding competition “Mr. Universe”, held in 1950. Connery's other serious hobby was football. He managed to express himself so brightly on the field that he almost accepted a tempting offer from a serious football team. The only thing that stopped Sean was the realization of the fragility of his sports career, which, at best, would end at thirty years old, and at that time he was already twenty-three years old.
After much wandering and confusion, Connery finally got the idea to build an acting career. By his own admission, this turned out to be the most reasonable of all the decisions he made. Connery made his film debut in the 1954 musical comedy Lilacs in the Spring, directed by Herbert Wilcox. The debutant's name didn't even appear in the credits. His first notable work was his role in Lewis Allen's war drama Another Time, Another Place, which was released four years later. Currently, Sean Connery's filmography includes about ninety projects. One of the star’s latest works to date is voicing a character from the animated short film “Sir Billy the Veterinarian” (2012), which tells the story of an eccentric veterinarian who practices in a Scottish village.
