People named Albert Finney

Albert Finney was born on May 9, 1936, in Salford, near Manchester in northwest England, the third child and first son of Alice Hobson, who left school at age 14 to work in a mill, and Albert Finney Sr., who made his living running bets on horse racing. The family lived at first in a rowhouse — the familiar cramped accommodation of the working classes in a region where the Industrial Revolution had spread a patina of grime, grit, and pollution over back-to-back homes separated by cobbled alleyways and streets. Overshadowed by the nearby northern metropolis of Manchester, Salford was known as a factory town and inland port, and its docklands became a target for German bombers during World War II. In 1941, when Mr. Finney was 5 years old, the family was bombed out of its rowhouse and moved to a genteel home across town. Mr. Finney starred with Julia Roberts in “Erin Brockovich,” Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 tale of a power company pollution scandal. He played a pugnacious lawyer who hires the crusading title character (Ms. Roberts), and was again nominated for an Oscar. “Though Finney himself would later come to personify the working-class hero in several of his earliest roles,” Mr. Falk wrote, the move to a new area “confirmed a strictly lower-middle-class status for a family who was never really less than comfortably off.” As a high school student at Salford Grammar School, Mr. Finney displayed both a liking for the theater and a poor grasp of academic subjects. A teacher suggested that he apply to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art — Britain’s premier acting school, usually known as RADA — where he auditioned in 1953 and won a scholarship. By 20, he had completed his course at RADA and was playing parts in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” at a repertory theater in Birmingham, in the English Midlands. He went on to play Henry V in the play of the same name — one of many Shakespearean roles that established his reputation on the stage. Besides Shakespeare, he had leading roles in plays by Anton Chekhov, Samuel Beckett, August Strindberg and John Osborne. Mr. Finney met Jane Wenham, a fellow actor, in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1957. The couple married and had a son, Simon, who became a film technician. They divorced in 1961. Mr. Finney married the French actress Anouk Aimée in 1970. They divorced in 1978. He married Pene Delmage, a travel specialist, in 2006. He is survived by his wife, his son and two grandchildren. The low-budget “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning,” filmed on location in Nottingham and at Twickenham Studios, was Mr. Finney’s big break. Three years later, the critical and box-office success of “Tom Jones,” which won three Oscars including best picture, made him a millionaire at the age of 27. He took a 10-month break to travel the world for much of 1964. As Mr. Finney’s career unfolded, movies overlapped with stage plays. He appeared in the musical films “Scrooge” in 1970 and “Annie” in 1982, for which he shaved his head to play Daddy Warbucks. He made his American television debut in the role of Pope John Paul II in 1984. “I often wondered why I am an actor,” Mr. Finney told a television interviewer in 1962. He then seemed to answer the question, speaking of the profession as a very public form of escape. “I think I am always watching and balancing, and sort of tabulating my own emotions,” he said. “And the only way I can lose myself is when I’m acting.”

Albert J Finney of Bradenton, Manatee County, FL was born on October 26, 1926, and died at age 84 years old on March 2, 2011. Albert Finney was buried at Sarasota National Cemetery Section 8 Site 854 9810 State Road 72, in Sarasota.

Albert Finney was born on February 20, 2010, and died on July 1, 2010. Albert Finney was buried at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Section 14 Site 417 5810 Midway Road, in Dixon, Ca. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Albert Finney.

Albert E Finney of Lyle, Klickitat County, WA was born on July 10, 1926, and died at age 68 years old on December 9, 1994.

Albert Finney of Fremont, Alameda County, California was born on February 21, 1930, and died at age 80 years old on July 1, 2010.

Albert M Finney of Naches, Yakima County, WA was born on August 15, 1924, and died at age 66 years old on February 18, 1991.

Albert M Finney of Grove Hill, Clarke County, AL was born on May 4, 1929, and died at age 61 years old on April 7, 1991.

Albert Finney of Saint Stephens, Washington County, AL was born on November 19, 1902, and died at age 85 years old on March 2, 1988.

Albert Finney was born on September 14, 1919, and died at age 43 years old in July 1963. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Albert Finney.

Albert Arnold Finney of Lumberton, Hardin County, Texas was born on January 14, 1943, and died at age 65 years old on January 16, 2008.

Albert J Finney of Toledo, Lucas County, OH was born on March 18, 1920, and died at age 73 years old on January 18, 1994.

Albert Finney of Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL was born on April 16, 1934, and died at age 54 years old on April 2, 1989.

Albert S Finney was born on February 11, 1913, and died at age 77 years old on January 9, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Albert S Finney.

Albert Finney of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona was born on December 15, 1891, and died at age 83 years old in August 1975.

Albert Finney was born on February 24, 1924, and died at age 61 years old in November 1985. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Albert Finney.

Albert Finney of Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, Virginia was born on June 16, 1921, and died at age 57 years old in August 1978.

Albert Finney of Parksley, Accomack County, VA was born on August 25, 1907, and died at age 86 years old in September 1993.

Albert Finney of New Jersey was born on January 1, 1897, and died at age 68 years old in December 1965.

Albert B Finney of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on July 6, 1943, and died at age 50 years old on May 16, 1994.

Albert Finney of New York was born on April 23, 1882, and died at age 83 years old in June 1965.

Albert J Finney was born on January 8, 1906, and died at age 85 years old on January 25, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Albert J Finney.