Biography of leonard whiting
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Leonard Whiting
British actor (born 1950)
Leonard Whiting | |
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Franco Zeffirelli assisting Leonard Whiting, who was wearing a mask, during the filming of Romeo and Juliet (1968) | |
| Born | (1950-06-30) 30 June 1950 (age 74) Wood Green, Middlesex, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1965–1979, 1990–1994, 2015 |
| Spouses | Cathee Dahmen (m. 1971; div. 1977)Lynn Presser (m. 1995) |
| Children | 2 |
Leonard Whiting (born 30 June 1950) is a British semi-retired actor and singer widely known for his teenage role as Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet,[1] a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in 1969.[2]
Early life
Whiting was born on 30 June 1950,[3] in Wood Green, moving with his two sisters to Holloway, another area of North London, England