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 ===== Birth =====
-He was born on August 25, 1930.[([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sean-Connery|Britannica]])]
+Thomas Sean Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland on 25 August 1930.[([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sean-Connery|Britannica]])]
+===== Mother =====
+His mother, Euphemia "Effie" McBain McLean, worked as a maid.[([[https://m.facebook.com/Thestorybookofdreamsandbeauty/photos/thomas-sean-connery-named-thomas-after-his-grandfather-was-born-in-fountainbridg/3240146866089881/|Facebook]])]
+===== Father =====
+Joseph Connery, Connery's father, was a factory worker and truck driver. In the mid-nineteenth century, his paternal grandfather's parents immigrated to Scotland from Ireland.[([[https://jenniferullmen.wixsite.com/jeniferullmen-author/famous-scottish-actor---sean-connery-007|jenniferullmen]])]
+===== Origin =====
+His maternal great-grandparents were native Scottish Gaelic speakers from Fife and Uig on Skye, while the rest of his family was Scottish.[([[https://www.scotlandmag.com/sir-sean-connery-scottish/|scotlandmag]])]
+===== Name =====
+Connery has stated that he was known as Sean, his middle name, before he became an actor. In his youth, he was commonly referred to as "Tommy".[([[https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en/music-database/musician/2874100acc792cf0e2a014052c8ee75f2373b/biography?app=true|radioswissclassic]])]
+===== Height =====
+Although he was short in elementary school, he developed quickly after the age of 12 and reached his full adult height of 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) by the age of 18.[([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sean-Connery|Britannica]])]
 ===== Death =====
-He died on 31 October 2020.[([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sean-Connery|Britannica]])]
+He died on 31 October 2020.[([[https://brams.ge/index.php/news/obituary-sean-connery|brams]])]
-===== Jobs =====
+===== Known For =====
 He was a Scottish producer and actor.[([[https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/s/Sean_Connery.htm|mcgill]])]
+===== James Bond =====
+Sean Connery was well renowned for being the first actor to play James Bond in a film. He appeared in seven Bond films between 1962-1983.[([[https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Sean_Connery|James Bond]])]
+===== Before Bond =====
+Sean Connery had previously worked in minor theatrical and television shows before landing his big break with the Bond movie. [([[https://www.mixcloud.com/7591/goodbye-mr-bondthe-007-tribute-to-sean-connery/|mixcloud]])]
+===== Films =====
+Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), The Untouchables (1988), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000) were also among his films.[([[https://www.imdb.com/poll/9i7H4RRsczc/results|imdb]])]
+===== Retired =====
+Connery announced his retirement from acting in 2006.[([[https://www.looper.com/271012/the-real-reason-sean-connery-retired-from-acting/|looper]])]
+===== Awards =====
+Sean Connery's accomplishments include one Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of which was a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, which included the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award.[([[https://www.facebook.com/NigeriaInfoFM/photos/today-in-history-sir-thomas-sean-connery-was-born-in-1930-he-is-a-scottish-actor/763206200407824/|facebook]])]
+===== Kennedy Center Honor =====
+In the United States, he earned a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime accomplishment in 1999.[([[https://tv.apple.com/us/person/sean-connery/umc.cpc.4evle0fvm654u5jqp4xravlgh|Apple]])]
+===== Knighted =====
+Connery was knighted in the New Year Honours List of 2000 for his contributions to cinematic drama.[([[https://maayke-collection.com/product/sean-connery/|maayke]])]
+===== The Greatest Living Scot =====
+Connery was voted "The Greatest Living Scot" in a survey conducted by The Sunday Herald in 2004.[([[https://irishgolfer.ie/latest-golf-news/2020/11/01/sandy-lyle-leads-golfing-tributes-to-the-late-sean-connery/|irishgolfer]])]
+===== Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure =====
+In a EuroMillions poll in 2011, he was named "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure".[([[https://newsnet.scot/archive/sean-connery-voted-scotlands-greatest-living-national-treasure/|newsnet]])]
+===== Sexiest Man =====
+People magazine named him the "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century" in 1999.[([[https://tv.apple.com/us/person/sean-connery/umc.cpc.4evle0fvm654u5jqp4xravlgh|Apple]])]
+===== Royal Navy =====
+Connery entered the Royal Navy at the age of 16 in 1946.[([[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/celebrity-news/who-sir-sean-connery-national-25159336|scottishdailyexpress]])]
+===== Jobs =====
+Following that, he returned to the co-op and worked as a truck driver, a lifeguard at Portobello swimming pools, a laborer, and an artist's model at the Edinburgh College of Art.[([[https://edinburghsaintsandsinners.blogspot.com/2012/05/big-tam-fae-fountainbridge.html|edinburghsaintsandsinners]])]
+===== Bodybuilder =====
+Connery began bodybuilding at the age of 18 after a proposal from former Mr. Scotland, Archie Brennan, a coffin polisher.[([[https://www.facebook.com/kufotv/posts/tribute-to-sean-conneryjames-bondthomas-sean-connery-named-thomas-after-his-gran/679593259635512/|Facebook]])]
+===== Soccer =====
+Connery was an avid player who had previously played for Bonnyrigg Rose.[([[https://www.factotum.co.uk/2020/12/18/sean-connery-edinburgh/|factotum]])]
+===== Carol Sopel =====
+During the development of South Pacific in the mid-1950s, Connery dated Carol Sopel, a "dark-haired beauty with a ballerina's body", but was discouraged by her Jewish family.[([[https://factrepublic.com/facts/14805/|factrepublic]])]
+===== Julie Hamilton =====
+He then dated Julie Hamilton, the daughter of feminist documentary director Jill Craigie.[([[https://factsverse.com/every-woman-sean-connery-dated-or-hooked-up-with/|factsverse]])]
+===== In A Kilt =====
+Given Connery's gruff look and raw appeal, Hamilton first disliked him and was not attracted to him until she saw him in a kilt and declared him to be the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen in her life.[([[https://m.facebook.com/Thestorybookofdreamsandbeauty/photos/personal-lifeduring-the-production-of-south-pacific-in-the-mid-1950s-sean-conner/2167789413325637/|Facebook]])]
+===== Maxine Daniels =====
+He also had feelings for jazz vocalist Maxine Daniels, whom he met at the Empire Theatre. He made a move on her, but she told him she was already happily married with a child.[([[https://filmyupdates.wordpress.com/tag/james-bond/|filmyupdates]])]
+===== Diane Cilento =====
+Connery married actress Diane Cilento from 1962 until 1973, but the couple divorced in 1971.[([[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8903403/Sean-Connerys-Australian-wife-Diane-Cilento-never-stop-Mrs-James-Bond.html|dailymail]])]
+===== Son =====
+They have a son named Jason Connery, who is an actor. [([[https://people.com/movies/sean-connerys-romantic-past-his-troubled-first-marriage-and-comments-on-domestic-violence/|people]])]
+===== Abusement? =====
+In her book, published in 2006, she claimed that he tortured her both psychologically and physically during their relationship.[([[https://people.com/movies/sean-connerys-romantic-past-his-troubled-first-marriage-and-comments-on-domestic-violence/|people]])]

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