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Ronald Colman

Born 9 February 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, as Ronald Charles Colman.
Died 19 May 1958 in Santa Barbara, California, USA, of emphysema.

Married actress Thelma Victoria Maud Raye, 18 September 1919 in London, England;
separated, 1923; divorced, 1 August 1934.
Married actress Benita Hume, 30 September 1938; until Ronald’s death, 19 May 1958;
daughter Juliet Benita Colman, born 24 July 1944.

Ronald Colman began film work in 1917 in England.

Colman died in 1958 and is buried in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

References: Website-Wikipedia.

 
Book : Ronald Colman, a Very Private Person: A Biography by Juliet Benita Colman

Book : Ronald Colman: Hollywood’s Gentleman Hero by Carl Rollyson

Book : Ronald Colman, Gentlemen of the Cinema: A Biography and Filmography by R. Dixon Smith

Book : Ronald Colman: A Bio-Bibliography by Sam Frank

Book : The Films of Ronald Colman by Lawrence J. Quirk
 
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