query: What nationality is Sean Connery?

title: Sean Connery

text: 16 other people, including the lawyers who helped with the house sale. Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Untouchables".

title: Sean Connery

text: Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Untouchables". His film career also includes such films as "Marnie", "The Name of

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text: in Edinburgh on 5 July 2000. He had been nominated for a knighthood in 1997 and 1998, but these nominations were reported to have been vetoed due to Connery's political views by Donald Dewar. Sean Connery has a villa in Kranidi, Greece. His neighbour is Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, with whom he shares a helicopter platform. Michael Caine (who co-starred with Connery in "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975), which saw the double act receive critical acclaim) is among Connery's closest friends. Connery is a keen supporter of Scottish Premiership football club Rangers F.C. Connery is a member of

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text: Aleksandrovich Ramius in "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), and Allan Quatermain in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (2003). Along with his Academy Award, Connery has won two BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globes, and a Henrietta Award. Sean Connery filmography Sir Sean Connery is a retired Scottish actor and producer. He was the first actor to have portrayed the literary character James Bond in a film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and again in an unofficial Bond film in 1983. He is also known for his roles as Jimmy Malone in "The Untouchables" (1987), for which he won

title: Sean Connery filmography

text: Sean Connery filmography Sir Sean Connery is a retired Scottish actor and producer. He was the first actor to have portrayed the literary character James Bond in a film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and again in an unofficial Bond film in 1983. He is also known for his roles as Jimmy Malone in "The Untouchables" (1987), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with his portrayals of Mark Rutland in "Marnie" (1964), Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez in "Highlander" (1986), Henry Jones Sr. in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989), Captain Marko

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text: the Rose", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "The Hunt for Red October", "Finding Forrester", "Highlander", "Murder on the Orient Express", "Dragonheart", and "The Rock". Connery has been polled in "The Sunday Herald" as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by "People" magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1989 and the “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to Film Drama. Thomas Sean Connery, named Thomas after his grandfather, was

title: Jason Connery

text: Jason Connery Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is an English actor and director. He is the son of actor Sir Sean Connery. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV drama programme "Robin of Sherwood" in 1986. He took over the main role after Michael Praed's character was killed off at the end of the second series. Connery was born and raised in London. He is the son of Scottish actor Sean Connery (1930-) and his first wife, the Australian actress Diane Cilento (1933–2011). He attended Millfield School, a co-educational independent

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text: (muscular, 6' 2", and a Scot) was unrefined. Fleming's girlfriend Blanche Blackwell told him that Connery had the requisite sexual charisma, and Fleming changed his mind after the successful "Dr. No" première. He was so impressed, he created a half-Scottish, half-Swiss heritage for Bond in the later novels. Connery's portrayal of Bond owes much to stylistic tutelage from director Terence Young, which helped polish the actor while using his physical grace and presence for the action. Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny, related that "Terence took Sean under his wing. He took him to dinner, showed him how to walk,

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text: woman in an ATS uniform at the age of 14. Connery's first job was as a milkman in Edinburgh with St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society. In 2009, Connery recalled a conversation in a taxi: Connery then joined the Royal Navy, during which time he acquired two tattoos, of which his official website says "unlike many tattoos, his were not frivolous—his tattoos reflect two of his lifelong commitments: his family and Scotland. ... One tattoo is a tribute to his parents and reads 'Mum and Dad,' and the other is self-explanatory, 'Scotland Forever.'" Connery was later discharged from the navy on medical

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text: an extra in Herbert Wilcox's 1954 musical "Lilacs in the Spring" alongside Anna Neagle. Although Connery had secured several roles as extras, he was struggling to make ends meet, and was forced to accept a part-time job as a babysitter for journalist Peter Noble and his actress wife Mary, which earned him 10 shillings a night. He met Hollywood actress Shelley Winters one night at Noble's house, who described Connery as "one of the tallest and most charming and masculine Scotsmen" she'd ever seen, and later spent many evenings with the Connery brothers drinking beer. Around this time Connery was

title: Neil Connery

text: Neil Connery Neil Niren Connery (born 1 January 1938) is a retired Scottish actor and the younger brother of actor Sir Sean Connery. Neil Niren Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 1 January 1936. The Connery family is of Irish origin. His father Joseph Connery was a lorry driver and his mother Euphemia McBain a cleaning woman. Neil had a modest upbringing in a poor area of Edinburgh. Throughout his acting career, Neil has appeared in several films. Neil Connery's film debut was in "O.K. Connery" (1967), a James Bond-inspired film. The film was retitled "Operation Kid Brother" in

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text: 1984, he once again capitalised on his brother's fame in "Aces Go Places 3" and made a comeback on the big screen as Mr. Bond. "OK Connery" was featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1998) under its alternative title, "Operation Double 007". For most of his life, he worked as a plasterer, until an accident in 1983 ended his career. He is married to Eleanor, with whom he has two daughters. Neil Connery Neil Niren Connery (born 1 January 1938) is a retired Scottish actor and the younger brother of actor Sir Sean Connery. Neil Niren Connery was born in

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text: have been far higher. In the run-up to the Scottish independence referendum, 2014, Connery's brother Neil said that Connery would not come to Scotland to rally independence supporters since his tax exile status greatly limited the number of days he could spend in the country. After Connery sold his Marbella villa in 1999, Spanish authorities subsequently launched an investigation into alleged tax evasion committed by him and his wife. Prosecutors alleged that the Spanish treasury had been defrauded of £5.5 million, and although, having interviewed him, they decided not to charge Connery with any offences, they charged his wife and

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text: powerful magnet. Together, with the help of a team of Scottish archers (as firearms are rendered inoperative by the magnet), Connery and Maya almost completely destroy THANATOS. After the completion of the mission, Commander Cunningham comments to Connery, "O.K. Connery! You were almost better than your brother." Neil Connery was working as a plasterer in Scotland until he was sacked for losing his tools. Based on Neil's relation to his brother Sean, the matter received international media attention. When Terence Young heard Neil interviewed with his trade union about the matter on the radio he mentioned to Italian producer Dario

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text: residing at TV presenter Llew Gardner's house. Henderson landed Connery a role in a £6 a week Q Theatre production of Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution", during which he met and became friends with fellow-Scot Ian Bannen. This role was followed by "Point of Departure" and "A Witch in Time" at Kew, a role as Pentheus opposite Yvonne Mitchell in "The Bacchae" at the Oxford Playhouse, and a role opposite Jill Bennett in Eugene O'Neill's production of "Anna Christie". During his time at the Oxford Theatre, Connery won a brief part as a boxer in the TV series "The

title: Sean Connery

text: born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland on 25 August 1930. His mother, Euphemia McBain "Effie" (née McLean), was a cleaning woman, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and lorry driver. His paternal grandfather's parents emigrated to Scotland from Ireland in the mid-19th century. The remainder of his family was of Scottish descent, and his maternal great-grandparents were native Scottish Gaelic speakers from Fife (unusually, for a speaker of the language), and Uig on the Isle of Skye. His father was a Roman Catholic, and his mother was a Protestant. He has a younger brother, Neil. Connery has said

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text: the Scottish National Party (SNP), a centre-left political party campaigning for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom, and has supported the party financially and through personal appearances. His funding of the SNP ceased in 2001, when the UK Parliament passed legislation that prohibited overseas funding of political activities in the UK. In response to accusations that he is a tax exile, Connery released documents in 2003 showing that he had paid £3.7 million in UK taxes between 1997/98 and 2002/03, although critics pointed out that had he been continuously resident in the UK for tax purposes, his tax rate would

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text: grounds because of a duodenal ulcer, a condition that affected most of the males in previous generations of his family. Afterwards, he returned to the co-op, then worked as, among other things, a lorry driver, a lifeguard at Portobello swimming baths, a labourer, an artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, and after a suggestion by former Mr. Scotland, Archie Brennan, a coffin polisher. The modelling earned him 15 shillings an hour (~US$41 per hour in 2018 money). Artist Richard Demarco, at the time a student who painted several notable early pictures of Connery, described him as "very straight,

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text: in BBC One's "Celebrity MasterChef". In 2008, he made his directorial début with the film "Pandemic" and in 2009 directed "The Devil's Tomb". Connery directed the 2011 "After Dark Originals" film "51", and "The Philly Kid" (2012) for the "After Dark Action" series. In 2016 Connery directed "Tommy's Honour", a film celebrating the lives of golf pioneers Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris. The film opened the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival on 15 June 2016, and won Best Feature Film at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards. Connery met American actress Mia Sara during the making of "Bullet

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text: Say Never Again" (1983). All seven films were commercially successful. James Bond, as portrayed by Connery, was selected as the third-greatest hero in cinema history by the American Film Institute. Connery's selection for the role of James Bond owed a lot to Dana Broccoli, wife of producer "Cubby" Broccoli, who is reputed to have been instrumental in persuading her husband that Sean Connery was the right man. James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, originally doubted Connery's casting, saying, "He's not what I envisioned of James Bond looks", and "I'm looking for Commander Bond and not an overgrown stunt-man", adding that Connery

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text: The casting choice derives from a joke Michael Palin included in the script, in which he describes the character removing his mask as being "Sean Connery — or someone of equal but cheaper stature". When shown the script, Connery was happy to play the supporting role. In 1982, Connery narrated "G'olé!", the official film of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Connery agreed to reprise Bond as an aging agent 007 in "Never Say Never Again", released in October 1983. The title, contributed by his wife, refers to his earlier statement that he would "never again" play Bond. Although the film

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text: that he was called Sean, his middle name, long before becoming an actor, explaining that when he was young he had an Irish friend named Séamus and that those who knew them both had decided to call Connery by his middle name whenever both were present. He was generally referred to in his youth as "Tommy". Although he was small in primary school, he grew rapidly around the age of 12, reaching his full adult height of at 18. He was known during his teen years as "Big Tam", and has stated that he lost his virginity to an adult

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text: Johnny Stompanato, who was visiting from Los Angeles, believed she was having an affair with Connery. He stormed onto the set and pointed a gun at Connery, only to have Connery disarm him and knock him flat on his back. Stompanato was banned from the set. Connery later recounted that he had to lie low for a while after receiving threats from men linked to Stompanato's boss, Mickey Cohen. In 1959, Connery landed a leading role in Robert Stevenson's Walt Disney Productions film "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" (1959) alongside Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, and Jimmy O'Dea. The film

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text: from 1962 to 1973. They had a son, actor Jason Connery. Connery has been married to Moroccan-French painter Micheline Roquebrune (born 1929) since 1975. A keen golfer, Connery owned the Domaine de Terre Blanche in the South of France for twenty years (from 1979) where he planned to build his dream golf course on the of land, but the dream was not realised until he sold it to German billionaire Dietmar Hopp in 1999. He has been awarded the rank of "Shodan" (1st dan) in Kyokushin karate. Connery was knighted by Elizabeth II at an investiture ceremony at Holyrood Palace

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text: participate in athletic activity which could make them lose muscle mass. Connery was a keen footballer, having played for Bonnyrigg Rose in his younger days. He was offered a trial with East Fife. While on tour with "South Pacific", Connery played in a football match against a local team that Matt Busby, manager of Manchester United, happened to be scouting. According to reports, Busby was impressed with his physical prowess and offered Connery a contract worth £25 a week () immediately after the game. Connery admits that he was tempted to accept, but he recalls, "I realised that a top-class

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text: to Beijing" in Russia. They married in 1996, and in June 1997 they had a son named Dashiell Quinn Connery. The couple divorced in 2002. Jason Connery Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is an English actor and director. He is the son of actor Sir Sean Connery. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV drama programme "Robin of Sherwood" in 1986. He took over the main role after Michael Praed's character was killed off at the end of the second series. Connery was born and raised in London. He is

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text: 2010, he reprised his role in an expanded 80-minute version of "Sir Billi", serving also as executive producer. In 2010, a bronze bust sculpture of Connery was placed in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. In the film "", the character Sentinel Prime's features were mostly based on Connery. When Leonard Nimoy was to voice the role, however, the effects were altered to incorporate Nimoy's acting as well. During the production of "South Pacific" in the mid-1950s, Connery dated a "dark-haired beauty with a ballerina's figure", Carol Sopel, but was warned off by her Jewish family. He then dated Julie

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text: slightly shy, too, too beautiful for words, a virtual Adonis". Connery began bodybuilding at the age of 18, and from 1951 trained heavily with Ellington, a former gym instructor in the British army. While his official website claims he was third in the 1950 Mr. Universe contest, most sources place him in the 1953 competition, either third in the Junior class or failing to place in the Tall Man classification. Connery stated that he was soon deterred from bodybuilding when he found that the Americans frequently beat him in competitions because of sheer muscle size and, unlike Connery, refused to

title: O.K. Connery

text: is mixed. Ben Child from "The Guardian" called it one of the worst movies made for the genre. In contrast, Andy Roberts from "The Daily Telegraph" and Tom Cole for "Radio Times" considered it to be one of the best. O.K. Connery O.K. Connery is a 1967 Italian Eurospy comedy film shot in Technicolor and Techniscope directed by Alberto De Martino. The Spy-Fi plot involves the brother of the British spy James Bond, played by Neil Connery (the actual brother of the Sean Connery, star of the Eon Productions Bond films) who is obliged to take the lead in foiling

title: O.K. Connery

text: O.K. Connery O.K. Connery is a 1967 Italian Eurospy comedy film shot in Technicolor and Techniscope directed by Alberto De Martino. The Spy-Fi plot involves the brother of the British spy James Bond, played by Neil Connery (the actual brother of the Sean Connery, star of the Eon Productions Bond films) who is obliged to take the lead in foiling a world-domination plot. The film's cast included several actors from the Eon-produced James Bond film series, "Thunderball"s Adolfo Celi, "From Russia with Love"s Daniela Bianchi, "Dr. No"s Anthony Dawson, M Bernard Lee and Moneypenny Lois Maxwell, as well as the

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text: he denied rumours that he would appear in the fourth "Indiana Jones" film, stating that "retirement is just too much damned fun". Connery returned to voice acting, playing the title character in the animated short "Sir Billi the Vet", and in 2005 he recorded voiceovers for a new video game version of his Bond film "From Russia with Love". In an interview on the game disc, Connery stated that he was very happy that the producers of the game (EA Games) had approached him to voice Bond and that he hoped to do another one in the near future. In

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text: reportedly called in at two weeks' notice), "The Russia House" (1990), "The Rock" (1996), and "Entrapment" (1999). In 1996, he voiced the role of Draco the dragon in the film "Dragonheart". In 1998, Connery received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award. Connery's later films included several box office and critical disappointments such as "First Knight" (1995), "Just Cause" (1995), "The Avengers" (1998), and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (2003), but he also received positive reviews, including his performance in "Finding Forrester" (2000). He also received a Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema. Connery stated in interviews that he

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text: to abandon the pool immediately. In 2005, "From Russia with Love" was adapted by Electronic Arts into a video game, titled "", which featured all-new voice work by Connery, recorded by Terry Manning in The Bahamas, as well as his likeness, and those of several of the film's supporting cast. Although Bond had made him a star, Connery eventually grew tired of the role and the pressure the franchise put on him, saying "[I am] fed up to here with the whole Bond bit" and "I have always hated that damned James Bond. I'd like to kill him". Michael Caine

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text: how to talk, even how to eat." The tutoring was successful; Connery received thousands of fan letters a week after "Dr. No’s" opening, and the actor became a major male sex symbol in film. During the filming of "Thunderball" in 1965, Connery's life was in danger in the sequence with the sharks in Emilio Largo's pool. He had been concerned about this threat when he read the script. Connery insisted that Ken Adam build a special Plexiglas partition inside the pool, but this was not a fixed structure, and one of the sharks managed to pass through it. He had

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text: speech impediment in Montgomery Tully's "No Road Back" alongside Skip Homeier, Paul Carpenter, Patricia Dainton and Norman Wooland. In April 1957, Rakoff—after being disappointed by Jack Palance—decided to give the young actor his first chance in a leading role, and cast Connery as Mountain McLintock in BBC TV's outstanding production of "Requiem For a Heavyweight", which also starred Warren Mitchell and Jacqueline Hill. He then played a rogue lorry driver, Johnny Yates, in Cy Endfield's "Hell Drivers" (1957) alongside Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins and Patrick McGoohan. Later in 1957, Connery appeared in Terence Young's poorly received MGM action

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text: Square Ring", before being spotted by Canadian director Alvin Rakoff, who gave him multiple roles in "The Condemned", shot on location in Dover in Kent. In 1956, Connery appeared in the theatrical production of "Epitaph", and played a minor role as a hoodlum in the "Ladies of the Manor" episode of the BBC Television police series "Dixon of Dock Green". This was followed by small television parts in "Sailor of Fortune" and "The Jack Benny Program". In the spring of 1957, Connery hired agent Richard Hatton who got him his first film role, as Spike, a minor gangster with a

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text: Lothian Street where he prevented them from stealing from his jacket and was later followed by six gang members to a 15-foot-high balcony at the Palais. There Connery launched an attack singlehandedly against the gang members, grabbing one by the throat and another by a biceps and cracked their heads together. From then on he was treated with great respect by the gang and gained a reputation as a "hard man". Connery first met Michael Caine at a party during the production of "South Pacific" in 1954, and the two would later become close friends. During the production of "South

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text: boys. By the time the production reached Edinburgh, he had been given the part of Marine Cpl Hamilton Steeves and was understudying two of the juvenile leads, and his salary was raised from £12 to £14–10s a week. The production returned the following year out of popular demand, and Connery was promoted to the featured role of Lieutenant Buzz Adams, which Larry Hagman had portrayed in the West End. While in Edinburgh, Connery was targeted by the notorious Valdor gang, one of the most ruthless gangs in the city. He was first approached by them in a billiard hall on

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text: footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already 23. I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of my more intelligent moves." Looking to pick up some extra money, Connery helped out backstage at the King's Theatre in late 1951. He became interested in the proceedings, and a career was launched. During a bodybuilding competition held in London in 1953, one of the competitors mentioned that auditions were being held for a production of "South Pacific", and Connery landed a small part as one of the Seabees chorus

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text: Sabatello that Neil sounded like his brother Sean. Sabatello met Neil at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh to recruit him to play the lead role in a Eurospy film. Neil recalled when he did his screentest the crew kept saying "OK, Connery, OK" that became the title for the film. Experienced director Alberto De Martino who had previously filmed "Upperseven, the Man to Kill" and "Special Mission Lady Chaplin" (both 1966) recalled his father Romolo de Martino doing Neil's extensive makeup and problems with Neil's inexperience as an actor. He also recalled Sabatello approaching Sean Connery do to an appearance

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text: Audrey Nohra Stainton <br> Sung by Maria Cristina Brancucci (as Christy) "OK Connery" was released in Italy in 1967. The film was distributed in the United States by United Artists, the year Sean Connery left the James Bond series. under the title "Operation Kid Brother". It was one of six Italian films released worldwide by United Artists in 1967. On video release the film had alternate titles which included "Operation Double 007", "Secret Agent 00" and "Operation Kid Brother". "O.K. Connery" was featured on the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" on September 11, 1993 as "Operation Double 007". In

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text: contemporary reviews, Bosley Crowther writing for "The New York Times" referred to the film as "a wobbly carbon copy of the James Bond thrillers" "Variety" described the film as so "unbelievably inept", that "many viewers may find it hilarious fun." The "Monthly Film Bulletin" stated that "O.K. Connery" was a "grotesque parody of a parody" noting endless allusions to Neil Connery's brother Sean Connery. The review concluded that "the film as a whole is bad enough to be hysterically funny." "The Cleveland Press" referred to the film as a "dreary and dismal espionage movie" stating that the film lacked the

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text: is a tale about a wily Irishman and his battle of wits with leprechauns. Upon the film's initial release, A. H. Weiler of "The New York Times" praised the cast (save Connery whom he described as "merely tall, dark, and handsome") and thought the film an "overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance." In his book "The Disney Films", film critic and historian Leonard Maltin stated that, ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People" is not only one of Disney's best films, but is certainly one of the best fantasies ever put on film." He also had

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text: said of the situation, "If you were his friend in these early days you didn't raise the subject of Bond. He was, and is, a much better actor than just playing James Bond, but he became synonymous with Bond. He'd be walking down the street and people would say, "Look, there's James Bond." That was particularly upsetting to him." While making the Bond films, Connery also starred in other acclaimed films such as Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" (1964) and "The Hill" (1965). Having played Bond six times Connery's global popularity was such that he shared a Golden Globe Henrietta Award with

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text: Hamilton, a blonde woman, daughter of documentary filmmaker and feminist Jill Craigie. Given Connery's rugged appearance and rough charm, Hamilton initially thought he was an appalling person and was not attracted to him until she saw him in a kilt, declaring him to be the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen in her life. He also shared a mutual attraction with black jazz singer Maxine Daniels, whom he met at the Empire Theatre. He made a pass at her, but she informed him that she was already happily married with a baby daughter. Connery was married to actress Diane Cilento

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text: was offered a role in "The Lord of the Rings" series, declining it owing to his "not understanding the script". CNN reported that the actor was offered up to 15% of the worldwide box office receipts to play Gandalf, which—had he accepted—could have earned him as much as $400 million for the trilogy. Connery's disillusionment with the "idiots now making films in Hollywood" was cited as a reason for his eventual decision to retire from film-making. When Connery received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award on 8 June 2006, he confirmed his retirement from acting. On 7 June 2007,

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text: performed well at the box office, it was plagued with production problems: strife between the director and producer, financial problems, the Fleming estate trustees' attempts to halt the film, and Connery's wrist being broken by fight choreographer, Steven Seagal. As a result of his negative experiences during filming, Connery became unhappy with the major studios and did not make any films for two years. Following the successful European production "The Name of the Rose" (1986), for which he won a BAFTA award, Connery's interest in more commercial material was revived. That same year, a supporting role in "Highlander" showcased his

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text: Charles Bronson for "World Film Favorite – Male" in 1972. Apart from "The Man Who Would Be King" and "The Wind and the Lion", both released in 1975, and "Robin and Marian" (1976) where he played Robin Hood and starred opposite Audrey Hepburn who played Maid Marian, most of Connery's successes in the next decade were as part of ensemble casts in films such as "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) with Vanessa Redgrave and John Gielgud, and "A Bridge Too Far" (1977) co-starring Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Olivier. In 1981, Connery appeared in the film "Time Bandits" as Agamemnon.

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text: picture "Action of the Tiger" opposite Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom and Gustavo Rojo; the film was shot on location in southern Spain. He also had a minor role in Gerald Thomas's thriller "Time Lock" (1957) as a welder, appearing alongside Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall and Vincent Winter; this commenced filming on 1 December 1956 at Beaconsfield Studios. Connery had a major role in the melodrama "Another Time, Another Place" (1958) as a British reporter named Mark Trevor, caught in a love affair opposite Lana Turner and Barry Sullivan. During filming, star Lana Turner's possessive gangster boyfriend,

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text: Pacific" at the Opera House, Manchester over the Christmas period of 1954, Connery developed a serious interest in the theatre through American actor Robert Henderson who lent him copies of the Henrik Ibsen works "Hedda Gabler", "The Wild Duck", and "When We Dead Awaken", and later listed works by the likes of Marcel Proust, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce and William Shakespeare for him to digest. Henderson urged him to take elocution lessons and got him parts at the Maida Vale Theatre in London. In addition, he had already begun pursuing a film career, having been

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text: "flair and skill with which the Bond films are made. The script is labored, the direction slow and the acting is barely adequate." In Phil Hardy's book "Science Fiction" (1984), a review noted that "though it's stylishly mounted, the result is a routine Italian spy romp." In an interview in 1996, Lois Maxwell said that Sean Connery, when he learned that she would join the cast, got very angry and started screaming: "You have betrayed me!" and he forgave her when she saved Neil from a fool at the press conference. As a "James Bond rip-off", reaction to the film

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text: arriving in Morocco, Connery is invited by Maya Rafis to a party held by Mr. Thayer. During the reception, Connery discovers that Mr. Thayer is planning to assassinate the head of THANATOS, known as Alpha (Anthony Dawson). Connery warns Maya about his discovery as she leads him to the rug factory. Upon entering the factory, Connery realizes that it is actually producing strands of uranium; the employees' blindness prevents them from discovering their dangerous role. Together, Connery and Maya track the uranium shipment to Switzerland, where Mr. Thayer, having failed to assassinate Alpha, has been driving the development of the

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text: handbag available to make the stunt look more realistic. Connery has performed stunts and appeared on television and films such as "Die Another Day, The Beach, Batman Begins", and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". Connery is married to Vivienne, a café owner in Henley-on-Thames, and they have two children. Gary Connery Gary Connery (born 1970) is a British skydiver, BASE jumper, and professional stuntman. Connery has performed stunt-work in films. He has also acted as the stunt-double for Gary Oldman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rowan Atkinson, and John Hurt. He is acknowledged as the first skydiver to land

title: Meg Connery

text: Meg Connery Meg Connery (1879–1956), was one of Ireland suffragist organisers and activists. Connery was born in Westport, County Mayo. Her husband was Con Connery and they married while she was in her twenties. Little is known about her before her involvement with the Irish Women's Franchise League. Connery worked with Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington and was as becoming vice-chairwoman of the Irish Women's Franchise League. She was known for her activism, breaking windows and throwing rocks as well as demonstrating, working on the Irish Citizen and going to jail for the cause. She is particularly remembered for the photo taken of

title: Gary Connery

text: such as the Eiffel Tower, Nelson's Column, the London Eye, London's Tower Bridge, and from inside the Millennium Dome. Connery jumped through the centre of the Eiffel Tower on a rainy day with winds gusting at 25 mph (40 km/h). On 9 May 2003 Connery jumped off Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square in Central London in what was described as a "death-defying protest stunt" which was organised by "Act For Tibet", in support of the Dalai Lama. He climbed the monument without a safety harness and jumped from the top, landing using a parachute. At the end of the jump

title: Christy Connery

text: Christy Connery Christopher "Christy" Connery (born 1967) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Cork, Connery first played competitive hurling during his schooling at the North Monastery. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 1987 championship and became a regular member of the team over the next few seasons. Connery won one All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute. At club level Connery

title: Meg Connery

text: Dublin. Although the Representation of the People Act, 1918 gave a vote to women Connery was critical of the limited access given and continued to demand full equality. Connery was a member of the Irish Linen Worker's Union. She worked for improvements in working conditions. She also worked for the Irish White Cross and in 1922 she was part of a delegation to review the destruction in Tipperary and Cork by the wars in Ireland. Connery died in December 1956. Meg Connery Meg Connery (1879–1956), was one of Ireland suffragist organisers and activists. Connery was born in Westport, County Mayo.

title: Jayne Connery

text: the House on the last day , having reached the finals and winning Best Diary Room Housemate Jayne raises funds with her "daredevil challenges," including a Wing Walk, a parachute jump at 14,000 ft and an abseil down one of Northampton's tallest buildings, The National Lift Tower and a free fall Abseil down the Arcelormittal in London Connery petitioned the government for a change in the law. Connery organizes and holds charity gala events for Care Campaign for the Vulnerable, support for families and caregivers affected by inadequate care. Jayne Connery Jayne Connery (born 23 May 1967) is a Advocate

title: Christy Connery

text: he clearly deflected it out wide. Cork went on to win a high-scoring and open game of hurling by 5–15 to 2–21. In spite of not playing any part in the game Connery collected an All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute. Christy Connery Christopher "Christy" Connery (born 1967) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Cork, Connery first played competitive hurling during his schooling at the North Monastery. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team

title: Gary Connery

text: so as to decrease the gliding and vertical (falling) components of his velocity to and respectively. Just before the final approach, Connery briefly appeared to lose control but quickly recovered. For added safety during landing, Connery wore a neck brace. Connery landed safely on a strip made of approximately 18,600 cardboard boxes. The landing strip area was long by wide and its maximum height was . The landing strip included separate layers each featuring cardboard boxes with varying dimensions. It took Connery about thirty seconds to emerge from the cardboard boxes. Connery mentioned that although on the way down he

title: O.K. Connery

text: Intelligence (SIS) agent is murdered, fellow agent Miss Maxwell (Lois Maxwell) is sent to find the late spy's girlfriend, Miss Yashuko (Yashuko Yama), who is unwittingly in possession of valuable information. Maxwell discovers that Yashuko is in the care of Dr. Neil Connery, a cosmetic surgeon who uses hypnotism in his practice. Yashuko is kidnapped from a medical conference in Monte Carlo by Maya Rafis (Daniela Bianchi), as part of a plot by Mr. Thayer (Adolfo Celi), code name Beta, of the terrorist organization THANATOS. The Secret Service's Commander Cunningham (Bernard Lee) assigns Connery to find Miss Yashuko. Connery hypnotizes

title: Jayne Connery

text: Jayne Connery Jayne Connery (born 23 May 1967) is a Advocate for better safety , care and understanding of dementia in U.K. care homes -championing CCTV safety monitoring in care facilities to be made mandatory - Founder (Care Campaign for the Vulnerable) She is from Buckinghamshire, England former Journalist and Promotions Executive. She is the founder and director of Care Campaign for the Vulnerable. Through Care Campaign, Jayne supports CCTV safety monitoring to be made law in U.K. care and nursing homes. Care Campaign was founded over five years ago. Connery gained tens of thousands of supporters from families ,

title: Gary Connery

text: Gary Connery Gary Connery (born 1970) is a British skydiver, BASE jumper, and professional stuntman. Connery has performed stunt-work in films. He has also acted as the stunt-double for Gary Oldman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rowan Atkinson, and John Hurt. He is acknowledged as the first skydiver to land after a wingsuit jump without using a parachute. He made his first parachute jump at age 23, as part of his army training. He was the stunt-double of the Queen during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. He has performed 880 skydives and 450 BASE jumps. He has jumped from locations

title: Edward Connery

text: of the "Vegetable Growers Association of Manitoba". He married Beverley Sager. Connery was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1986 provincial election, in the safe Tory seat of Portage la Prairie. The Tories were defeated by the New Democrats under Howard Pawley in this cycle, and Connery became a member of the official opposition. Connery was re-elected in the 1988 election against a reasonably strong challenge from Liberal Darlene Hamm (he still won by over 1000 votes). The Tories under Gary Filmon formed a minority government after this election, and Connery was appointed Minister of Labour and Minister

title: Edward Connery

text: operators. In 2003, Connery called for greater efforts to combat crime in the Portage la Prairie region. He was an industry leader in mechanizing the harvesting of carrots, onions and rutabagas, as well as their bulk storage, utilizing air circulation and humidification. He is a strong supporter of agricultural research to solve industry production, storage and marketing problems. His assistance contributed to solving problems related to: surface browning of carrots, neck rot in onions, surface cracking of rutabagas and quality maintenance in broccoli. On July 19, 2007 Connery was inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame. Edward Connery Edward

title: Edward Connery

text: Edward Connery Edward James Connery (born July 13, 1933 in St. Vital, Manitoba (now Winnipeg, Manitoba)) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 1992, and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1991. Connery was educated at Glenlawn Collegiate in St. Vital, Manitoba, and later worked as a market gardener. He was chair of the "Root Crop Marketing Board" from 1972 to 1981, and vice-president of the "Manitoba Producers Board" from 1982 to 1984, as well as having been a director

title: Christy Connery

text: is a three-time county club championship medalist with Na Piarsaigh. Throughout his career Connery made 3 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1991 championship. After enjoying championship success in the under-21 grade with Na Piarsaigh, Connery quickly joined the senior team. After losing the 1987 championship decider to Midleton, the club qualified for the final again in 1990. Southside kingpins St. Finbarr's provided the opposition, however, the game ended level. The replay was also a close affair, however, a narrow 2-7 to 1-8 victory gave Connery a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal. Na Piarsaigh failed to

title: Nationality

text: Nationality Nationality is a legal relationship between an individual person and a state. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state. What these rights and duties are varies from state to state. By custom and international conventions, it is the right of each state to determine who its nationals are. Such determinations are part of nationality law. In some cases, determinations of nationality are also governed by public international law—for example, by treaties on statelessness and the European Convention on Nationality. Nationality differs technically and legally from citizenship, which is a

title: Nationality

text: their children or to spouses. Nationality Nationality is a legal relationship between an individual person and a state. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state. What these rights and duties are varies from state to state. By custom and international conventions, it is the right of each state to determine who its nationals are. Such determinations are part of nationality law. In some cases, determinations of nationality are also governed by public international law—for example, by treaties on statelessness and the European Convention on Nationality. Nationality differs technically and legally

title: Meg Connery

text: suffered heart failure and was released. The other women won their position. Connery suffered a miscarriage in June 1914. From then on her health began to suffer. During the first world war there was the introduction of the contagious diseases act which Connery protested as she felt the purpose was to make sex safe for men, especially the soldiers and sailors. In 1915 the British government closed the North Sea for the number of days around the international women's peace conference in The Hague and Irish women were unable to attend. Connery chaired the Irish protest meeting about this in

title: Jayne Connery

text: carers and those effected by inadequate care . She has extensively rallied support from media , professionals in care and MP's. Connery commentates on social care news in the Daily Express Newspaper In the 2016 civilian Big Brother series, Connery entered the second House on Day 1. On Day 21, she received 10 nominations from her fellow housemates, and was nominated for the third eviction. She survived this eviction on Day 25. On Day 42, Connery was nominated once again by her fellow housemates, however, on Day 43 she was saved from eviction and was replaced with Andy. Jayne left

title: Gary Connery

text: one worn by the Queen during the Olympic ceremonies, along with a blond wig, jumped out of the helicopter as did Sutton. Connery then deployed the parachute at revealing a Union Flag canopy. Shortly after, the real Queen entered London's Olympic stadium to applause. Connery landed at a nearby bridge. Connery had trained for months for the stunt in the early morning hours to keep it secret. In preparation for the stunt, he met with Angela Kelly, the Queen's dresser so that she could make a replica of the Queen's dress for him and the Queen made her favourite black

title: Gary Connery

text: had the Queen go on a secret mission with James Bond played by Daniel Craig. During the mission, the Queen was supposed to ride a helicopter with Bond and parachute at the stadium during the Olympic ceremonies. Connery acted as the Queen's stunt double. During the night of the opening ceremonies, the helicopter carrying Connery and Mark Sutton, who acted as James Bond's double, was given permission to take-off at 8:50 p.m. local time and was then directed to the stadium where it assumed a position, hovering at a height of . Connery, wearing a salmon dress similar to the

title: Gary Connery

text: he was arrested along with three other protesters. Connery admitted that the jump was "frightening". Connery was the first person to jump from Nelson's Column because up to that point the height of the monument was viewed as insufficient to allow for a successful jump. On 23 May 2012 Connery made his wingsuit jump from a helicopter flying at a height of over Ridge Wood in Buckinghamshire near his hometown of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Coming back from California (Perris Valley) in 2003, where he did his first wingsuit flight, he said: "that could be landed!" and he went for a week

title: Defenders of Ardania

text: of allowing the player to tell what was going on in the game. Opinions about the narrator were mixed. Henry Winchester of "PC Gamer" praised the voiceover, calling it "a pleasingly booze-obsessed voiceover, delivered by what sounds like a Dalek doing an impression of Sean Connery". Carsillo of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" was less kind, stating that "your narrator and chief advisor sounds like an awful Sean Connery impersonator and he may be the "best" of the voice actors you come across". GamesRadar strikes a more neutral tone, stating that "Pre and post-battle dialog is fully voiced by what are only

title: Christy Connery

text: retain their title, while the club also faced defeat at the hands of Erin's Own in 1992. Three years later Connery lined out in a fourth championship decider as North Cork minnows Ballyhea provided the opposition. A 1-12 to 3-1 victory gave Mullins a second championship medal. Almost a decade would pass before Na Piarsaigh qualified for the championship decider in 2004. By now Connery was a veteran on the team after enjoying a club career that spanned three decades. A 0-17 to 0-10 defeat of Cloyne gave him a third championship medal. Connery first played for Cork as a

title: Christy Connery

text: member of the minor hurling team on 15 May 1985 in a 1-12 to 1-8 Munster semi-final defeat of Limerick. A subsequent 1-13 to 1-8 defeat of Tipperary secured a centenary year Munster medal for Connery. Wexford provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland decider on 1 September 1985. Connery collected an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal following a 3-10 to 0-12 victory. Three years later Connery was a key member of the Cork under-21 team. He won a Munster medal that year following a 4-12 to 1-7 defeat of Limerick. Cork subsequently faced Kilkenny in the All-Ireland decider on

title: William P. Connery Jr.

text: studied law, and was admitted to the bar but did not practice extensively. He died in Washington, D.C. on June 15, 1937. His interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Lynn. William P. Connery Jr. William Patrick Connery Jr. (August 24, 1888 – June 15, 1937) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Lynn on August 24, 1888, the son of William P. Connery Sr. and brother of Lawrence Joseph Connery. He attended St. Mary’s School at Lynn, Collège de Montréal in Canada, and the College of the Holy Cross. He entered the theatrical profession as

title: William P. Connery Jr.

text: William P. Connery Jr. William Patrick Connery Jr. (August 24, 1888 – June 15, 1937) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Lynn on August 24, 1888, the son of William P. Connery Sr. and brother of Lawrence Joseph Connery. He attended St. Mary’s School at Lynn, Collège de Montréal in Canada, and the College of the Holy Cross. He entered the theatrical profession as an actor. He also was a theater manager. During World War I he enlisted as a private in the One Hundred and First Regiment, United States Infantry, and served nineteen months

title: O.K. Connery

text: in the film that Connery emphatically refused. Neil Connery's voice is dubbed by an actor with an American accent. In an interview in Cinema Retro, Neil said that he was undergoing medical treatment when voice dubbing of the film was in progress, leading another person to voice his lines in the English version. Lois Maxwell recalled she earned more money for the film than her combined award wage payments from all her appearances in the Eon Productions 007 films put together. "O.K. Connery" was filmed in Tetuán, Morocco, Monaco and Spain. Music by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai<br> Lyrics by

title: Mary Connery

text: on which Liz Neary, Helena O’Neill, Carmel Doyle and Teresa O’Neill featured. She became chair of Leinster colleges council in 1966. Mary Connery Mary Connery is a former camogie player, winner of the Cuchulainn award presented by "Gaelic Weekly" magazine in 1965. She won Ashbourne Cup honours with University College Galway in 1964. In 1966 she captained St Paul’s in their first All Ireland club final. While still a player, she was elected chair of Kilkenny camogie board in 1966. Although she had retired before Kilkenny won their breakthrough Leinster (1970) and All Ireland (1974) titles, she contributed substantially to

title: Mary Connery

text: Mary Connery Mary Connery is a former camogie player, winner of the Cuchulainn award presented by "Gaelic Weekly" magazine in 1965. She won Ashbourne Cup honours with University College Galway in 1964. In 1966 she captained St Paul’s in their first All Ireland club final. While still a player, she was elected chair of Kilkenny camogie board in 1966. Although she had retired before Kilkenny won their breakthrough Leinster (1970) and All Ireland (1974) titles, she contributed substantially to the success as coach to the successful Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny teams in the secondary schools championship of 1969 and 1970,

title: Neil Connery

text: the United States and is also known as "Operation Double 007". It became known for having a number of the original James Bond series actors appearing as similar characters. In 1969 Connery appeared in the science fiction film "The Body Stealers", also known as "Thin Air", where he plays Jim Radford, an investigator trying to figure out why paratroopers are disappearing in mid-air. In 1980, Connery appeared as a guest star in the British TV Series "Only When I Laugh". He played the Neil Niren MD - CT character, in the 7th episode ("Last Tango") from the second season. In

title: Lawrence J. Connery

text: 19, 1941, aged 46. He was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Massachusetts. Lawrence J. Connery Lawrence Joseph Connery (October 17, 1895 – October 19, 1941) was a United States House Representative from Massachusetts. Connery was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on October 17, 1895. He attended the local parochial and public schools, and St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, Kansas. He was employed as a reporter for "The Lynn Item"; served on the Mexican border in 1916 with Company A, 9th Massachusetts Infantry; served with Company A, Company A, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division from March 25, 1917, until honorably discharged

title: Lawrence J. Connery

text: Lawrence J. Connery Lawrence Joseph Connery (October 17, 1895 – October 19, 1941) was a United States House Representative from Massachusetts. Connery was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on October 17, 1895. He attended the local parochial and public schools, and St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, Kansas. He was employed as a reporter for "The Lynn Item"; served on the Mexican border in 1916 with Company A, 9th Massachusetts Infantry; served with Company A, Company A, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division from March 25, 1917, until honorably discharged on March 24, 1919, with nineteen months service in France. He went on

title: Meg Connery

text: her distributing copies of the Irish Citizen to Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson. Connery had no illusions that women would vote in any way differently than men, or that they would use their vote more effectively. She was against the double standards that occurred between women and men. She wrote about it for the Irish Citizen more than once. In Ireland, as elsewhere, public morals must continue in an unhealthy state while we tolerate the shameful double moral standard Despite her regular arrests for destruction of property Connery was entirely against the use of violence to gain the vote.

title: Gary Connery

text: would succeed because of the "excellent control" he had over his suit. The commentary also added that the risk factors should not be underestimated. Connery's landing was studied as an extreme example of the effectiveness of shock absorbing material. Rhett Allain, associate professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University, has analysed Connery's flight in "Wired magazine"'s science blog "Dot Physics" to determine the landing velocities which allowed Connery to remain uninjured. Connery received a nomination for the "Epic TV" "Adventurer of The Year Award". The plot of one of the skits during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics

title: Gary Connery

text: attempting was impossible. Corliss added that Connery's landing was "one of the most amazing things" he had seen in his life and called it the "greatest stunt ever performed". He also added that "he bears no ill will toward the man who stole his dream" and that he goes by the "Samurai code" by giving respect to his opponent. Corliss also expressed surprise that Connery chose to land head-first, risking a neck injury. "The New York Times" has compared Connery's jump to a superhero's. "Flying magazine" has called the jump a "history-making stunt" and mentioned that Connery had confidence he

title: Gary Connery

text: experienced turbulence, the landing was "soft and comfortable". The landing was attended by about a hundred spectators. The landing rig, also known as the "box rig", was constructed on the outskirts of Henley on Thames. Landing in a wingsuit without using a parachute had been one of Jeb Corliss's main objectives since 2010. Corliss and other top-level wingsuit jumpers had tried for years to design wingsuits similar to the one which Connery helped design and subsequently used for his record-setting leap. In the beginning, Corliss thought that Connery's stunt was an April Fool's joke and that the stunt Connery was

title: Christy Connery

text: 11 September 1988. Played in St. Brendan's Park, Birr to commemorate the centenary of the very first senior All-Ireland final being played there, Cork triumphed by 4-12 to 1-5, with Connery winning an All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship medal. Connery joined the Cork senior panel in 1987 but didn't make his championship debut until 17 July 1988 in a 2-19 to 1-13 Munster final defeat by Tipperary. In 1990 Cork bounced back after a period in decline, however, Connery's appearances were limited. In spite of this he won a Munster medal as a non-playing substitute following a 4-16 to 2-14 defeat

title: Sean Dundee

text: in his native Durban on 17 August 2008. On 13 November 2013, Dundee came out of retirement, returning to Germany to join amateur club VSV Büchig in the Kreisliga. He would retire again after the 2015–16 season. Dundee went as far as switching nationality to Germany, but was however never used by the national team, although he did manage a solitary appearance at "B" level, scoring once against Russia. Sean Dundee Sean William Dundee (born 7 December 1972 in Durban) is a footballer who plays as a striker, who plays for VSV Büchig. Born in Durban, Dundee began his football

title: Japanese nationality law

text: if a person becomes a civil servant of a foreign government, should their role be felt to contradict what it means to be a citizen of Japan. In November 2008, Liberal Democratic Party member Tarō Kōno submitted a proposal to allow offspring of mixed-nationality couples in which one parent is Japanese to have more than one nationality. The proposal also calls for foreigners to be allowed to obtain Japanese nationality without losing their original citizenship. It is generally difficult to have dual citizenship of Japan and another country, due to the provisions for loss of Japanese nationality when a Japanese

title: Lawrence J. Connery

text: to work as chief purser aboard a United Fruit Company ship (1919-23). From 1923-37, he was secretary (chief administrative assistant) for his brother, Congressman William Patrick Connery, Jr. He graduated from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C. in 1926; engaged in the office-supplies and printing business in 1934 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Connery was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother, William. He was re-elected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from September 28, 1937 until his death from a heart attack in Arlington, Virginia on October

title: What Is Love? (Clean Bandit album)

text: motherly love." What Is Love? (Clean Bandit album) What Is Love? is the second studio album by British electronic music group Clean Bandit. It was released on 30 November 2018 by Atlantic Records. It includes the singles "Tears" (featuring Louisa Johnson), "Rockabye" (featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie), "Symphony" (featuring Zara Larsson), "I Miss You" (featuring Julia Michaels), "Solo" (featuring Demi Lovato) and "Baby" (featuring Marina and Luis Fonsi). In addition, the album also features collaborations with Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora, Bhad Bhabie, Charli XCX and Tove Styrke. Speaking about the gap between albums, bassist and saxophone player Jack Patterson told

title: What Is Love? (Clean Bandit album)

text: What Is Love? (Clean Bandit album) What Is Love? is the second studio album by British electronic music group Clean Bandit. It was released on 30 November 2018 by Atlantic Records. It includes the singles "Tears" (featuring Louisa Johnson), "Rockabye" (featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie), "Symphony" (featuring Zara Larsson), "I Miss You" (featuring Julia Michaels), "Solo" (featuring Demi Lovato) and "Baby" (featuring Marina and Luis Fonsi). In addition, the album also features collaborations with Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora, Bhad Bhabie, Charli XCX and Tove Styrke. Speaking about the gap between albums, bassist and saxophone player Jack Patterson told "Fault" magazine

title: Woman of Straw

text: End House in Saffron Walden, Essex and in Majorca in the Balearic Islands between August and October 1963. The Majorca footage, including much footage in a boat off the coast, was shot on location in September 1963. Gina Lollobrigida was reportedly "demanding and temperamental" during the filming, frequently clashing with Connery and director Dearden. In a contemporary review in "The New York Times", Eugene Archer wrote, "what could be more archaic than the sight of James Bond himself, Sean Connery, stalking glumly through the very type of old-fashioned thriller he usually mocks? That is exactly what we have in "Woman

title: Spanish nationality law

text: that never came into effect. The current constitution of 1978 is the first that does not define Spanish nationality; rather, article 11 establishes that a separate law is to define and regulate it entirely, namely the Spanish Civil Code. It is also the first constitution that emphasises that those "Spaniards by origin", roughly equivalent to a "natural born Spaniard", cannot be deprived of their nationality. On 13 July 1982, and in accordance to what had been established in the constitution, the first law regarding nationality was approved, which was in fact an amendment to the Spanish Civil Code in effect.

title: Wrong Is Right

text: to the bottom of it all. Rosalind Cash was nominated for an Image Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture. Wrong Is Right Wrong Is Right, released in the UK as The Man with the Deadly Lens, is a 1982 American comedy thriller film directed by Richard Brooks from his own script based on Charles McCarry's novel "The Better Angels". The film, starring Sean Connery as TV news reporter Patrick Hale, is about the theft of two suitcase nukes, and deals with media bias, reality television, government conspiracy, and Islamic terrorism. In the near future, violence

title: Wrong Is Right

text: Wrong Is Right Wrong Is Right, released in the UK as The Man with the Deadly Lens, is a 1982 American comedy thriller film directed by Richard Brooks from his own script based on Charles McCarry's novel "The Better Angels". The film, starring Sean Connery as TV news reporter Patrick Hale, is about the theft of two suitcase nukes, and deals with media bias, reality television, government conspiracy, and Islamic terrorism. In the near future, violence has become something of a national sport and television news has fallen to tabloid depths. Patrick Hale, a globe-trotting reporter with access to a

title: Dutch nationality law

text: state: "I swear (declare) that I respect the constitutional order of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, its freedoms and its rights, and I swear (promise) to faithfully fulfil the obligations due to my nationality. So help me God Almighty", or: "This is what I promise and declare." According to Art. 23.3. of the Kingdom Act on the Netherlands Nationality, some categories of people are excepted from declaring their allegiance, through a general administrative measure. According to Art. 60a.6. of the Decree regarding the Obtention and Loss of the Netherlands Nationality, persons with a physical or psychical handicap who are unable