Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Born: October 25, 1899
Died: March 6, 1978 (aged 78)
Bio: Micheál Mac Liammóir, born Alfred Willmore, was a British-born Irish actor, dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and painter. Mac Liammóir was born to a Protestant family living in the Kensal Green district of London.
Known for:
- Put money in thy purse (1952)
- All for Hecuba (1947)
- W. B. Yeats and his world (1971)
- Selected plays of Micheál mac Liammóir
- An Oscar of no importance (1968)