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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| − | Finch's mother was married, but his father may have been (some sources say definitely was) another man. He was kidnapped from his mother's care by his legal father when he was two and sent abroad to live with a succession of relatives and friends, in boarding schools and communes in France, India, Sri Lanka and Australia. He did not see his mother again until 1948. | + | '''''1916-1977''''' |
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| + | Finch's mother was married, but his father may have been (some sources say definitely was) another man. He was kidnapped from his mother's care by his legal father when he was two and sent abroad to live with a succession of relatives and friends, in boarding schools and communes in [[France]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Australia]]. He did not see his mother again until 1948. | ||
He appeared in A Town Like Alice, The Battle of the River Plate, The Pumpkin Eater, The Nun's Story and Sunday Bloody Sunday, among other films. | He appeared in A Town Like Alice, The Battle of the River Plate, The Pumpkin Eater, The Nun's Story and Sunday Bloody Sunday, among other films. | ||
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Australian Dictionary of Biography [in progress] | Australian Dictionary of Biography [in progress] | ||
| − | Dundy, Elaine. Finch, Bloody Finch: A Life of Peter Finch. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980) | + | Dundy, Elaine. Finch, Bloody Finch: A Life of Peter Finch. ([[New York]]: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980) |
[[Category: Adoption Celebrities]] | [[Category: Adoption Celebrities]] | ||
[[Category: Adopted Persons]] | [[Category: Adopted Persons]] | ||
[[Category: European]] | [[Category: European]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:26, 14 May 2014
Source: Wikipedia.org.
Biography
1916-1977
Actor
Finch's mother was married, but his father may have been (some sources say definitely was) another man. He was kidnapped from his mother's care by his legal father when he was two and sent abroad to live with a succession of relatives and friends, in boarding schools and communes in France, India, Sri Lanka and Australia. He did not see his mother again until 1948.
He appeared in A Town Like Alice, The Battle of the River Plate, The Pumpkin Eater, The Nun's Story and Sunday Bloody Sunday, among other films.
References
Australian Dictionary of Biography [in progress] Dundy, Elaine. Finch, Bloody Finch: A Life of Peter Finch. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980)