Dirk Bogarde facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sir Dirk Bogarde
Publicity portrait, 1964
Born	Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (1921-03-28)28 March 1921 West Hampstead, London, England
Died	8 May 1999(1999-05-08) (aged 78) Chelsea, London, England
Occupation	Actor, novelist
Years active	1939–1990

Sir Dirk Bogarde (28 March 1921 - 8 May 1999) was a British actor and writer.

Bogarde was born in West Hampstead, London. He starred in many movies, including Victim, The Servant, Darling, Accident and Death in Venice.

Bogarde wrote novels, autobiographies and memoirs.

Bogarde was a closeted homosexual who lived with his partner Anthony Forwood (1915-1988) for nearly forty years until Forwood's death. Bogarde died of a heart attack in Chelsea, London.

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  Women survivors in Bergen-Belsen collecting their bread ration after their liberation, April 1945

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  Bogarde with Jane Birkin, co-star in Daddy Nostalgie at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival