George Sanders Trivia

Trivia

  • His ex-wives Zsa Zsa Gabor and Magda Gabor were sisters.
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  • Was one of two stars of the "Pink Panther" series to commit suicide. Capucine, who played Inspector Clouseau`s wife in The Pink Panther (1963), killed herself in 1990.
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  • Is portrayed by Neil Hunt in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) (TV).
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  • Credited as the author of the mystery novel, "Stranger at Home." Book was actually ghostwritten by Leigh Brackett. Book dedication reads, "To Leigh Brackett, whom I have never met".
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  • Possessed of a fine baritone singing voice, often raised at parties, Sanders released an album entitled "The George Sanders Touch: Songs for the Lovely Lady" (ABC-Paramount: 1958), today a much sought-after collector`s item.
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  • Featured in a crime novel, "Crime On My Hands," in which he solved a murder on a film set. The book was ghost-written by Falcon screenwriter Craig Rice.
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  • Was appearing as the lead in the Broadway-bound musical Sherry! (with Dolores Gray) at the time of Benita Hume`s death. He was so upset by her death that he left the show in its Boston try-out and was replaced by Clive Revill.
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  • First got involved in acting when a secretary in the same advertising firm suggested it. That secretary was Greer Garson.
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  • George is also joined by his real life brother in the 1956 film Death of a Scoundrel (1956) (again playing his screen brother).
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  • After being convinced by a woman he had taken up with, George Sanders sold his beloved house in Majorca. Soon after, he checked into a hotel in Barcelona, and two days later, his body was discovered next to five empty tubes of Nembutal.
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  • Sanders told David Niven in 1937, that he intended to commit suicide when he got older. In 1972, he fulfilled his promise, leaving this note: "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.".
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  • Married 4 times.
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