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    Jack Birkett

    1934-06-11 (90 years old) in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

    Jack Birkett was born on June 11, 1934 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He was an actor, mime artist, dancer and singer, a contemporary of Lindsey Kemp and a key member of his troupe. Often billed as Orlando, or The Incredible Orlando, Birkett was born to a Romani family and worked as an arrist's model for David Hockney before finding work as a stage hand at Leeds' Grand Theatre in 1950. He began to lose his sight in 1966, he then gradually became completely blind and was so for more than the last three decades his life. A regular cohort of the arthouse filmmaker Derek Jarman, Birkett appeared in Jubilee, The Tempest, Caravaggio and The Garden for the director. He retired from performing in the 1990s, living with his partner the Spanish artist and writer Nyako Nakar in Barcelona and London. He died on May 10, 2010 in London, aged 75.

    Movies

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    Moon Child
    58 %|Apr 2, 1992
    Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction
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    The Garden
    56 %|Sep 6, 1990
    Drama
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    Jubilee
    60 %|Feb 1, 1978
    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
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    Good Bye G.O.D.
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Music, Science Fiction
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    El vent de l’illa
    62 %|Mar 4, 1988
    Romance, Drama
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    Caravaggio
    62 %|Aug 29, 1986
    Drama, History, Romance
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    The Bride
    53 %|Aug 16, 1985
    Drama, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction
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    Troilus & Cressida
    80 %|Nov 7, 1981
    Drama
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    The Tempest
    60 %|Sep 13, 1979
    Drama, Fantasy

    Series

    actor
    Rising Stars
    0 %|Oct 14, 1979