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Ken Russell

Ken Russell
Russell in 2008
Personal information
Birth nameHenry Kenneth Alfred Russell
Birth date3 July 1927(age 85)
Place of birthSouthampton, Hampshire, England, UK
OccupationDirector
Years active1956 � present
SpouseShirley Ann Russell (1956 � 1978)
Vivian Jolly (1983 � 1991)
Hetty Baynes (1992 � 1999)
Lisi Tribble (2001 � present)

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Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (born 3 July 1927) is an English film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his controversial style. He has been criticized as being over-obsessed with sexuality and the church. His subject matter is often about famous composers, or based on other works of art which he adapts loosely. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he did creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. He also directed many feature films independently and for studios.

He is best known for his Oscar-winning film Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980).

One noted admirer, the British film critic Mark Kermode, attempting to sum up the director's achievement, called Russell; "somebody who proved that British cinema didn't have to be about kitchen-sink realism - it could be every bit as flamboyant as Fellini. He now makes very strange experimental films like Lion's Mouth and Revenge of the Elephant Man, and they are as edgy and out there as the work he made in the 1970s."

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Daytona Beach News-Journal---Ken Russell-, water distribution supervisor for the city of Ormond Beach, right, displays a detection system for water leaks at an Earth Day event at the Ormond Beach Library on Thursday. The technology allows the city to save - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:34:09 GMT+00:00
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Chicago Reader (blog)--A former art director, Fuest gives the film a preposterously lush, -Ken Russell--ish look. Highly enjoyable. 94 min. By Dave Kehr Sorry there are no showtimes for The Abominable Dr. Phibes on Wednesday, April 20. Roll over stars and - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:31:06 GMT+00:00
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Halifax Evening Courier--Special guest for the day was 1952 Tour of Britain winner -Ken Russell-, 82, who displayed the yellow jersey he earned during the ride. Organiser Derek Browne said: “The period after 1942 was huge for road racing in this country - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:53:24 GMT+00:00
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Abilene Recorder Chronicle--The -Ken Russell- Track was buzzing Thursday afternoon during the Abilene Middle School Track and Field Meet. Despite a drizzle throughout the day, the sun briefly came out and the rain held while five middle schools competed i - Date : Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:07:44 GMT+00:00
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News & Star--The wisest move would have been to forget -Ken Russell's- film and its sizzling wrestling scene. To get the best from the BBC's new adaptation of Women In Love, (BBC Four) cleverer viewers would have put DH Lawrence's inten - Date : Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:56:10 GMT+00:00
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Mountain Xpress--I've lost track of the various cuts of -Ken Russell's- The Devils (1971), but there's a 111 UK version, a 109 minute X-rated US version, a 101 minute R-Rated version, and probably a US TV print. For that matter, cutting fil - Date : Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:19:03 GMT+00:00
My all-time favourite sexy movie scenes . . . (How were they for you?) - Irish Independent Tweet this news
Irish Independent--Although a more serious filmmaker, -Ken Russell- was equally famous for his erotic scenes, the most famous of which was a memorably frank love scene between Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed in Women in Love (1969). Some of the most famous - Date : Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:00:10 GMT+00:00
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Aiken Standard (subscription)--Pallbearers will be -Kenneth Russell- Cole Jr., Clifford Marshall Cole Sr., -Kenneth Russell- Cole III, Clifford Marshall Cole Jr., Marshall Bouton & Jordan Rosier. The family will receive friends and family at the c - Date : Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:23:09 GMT+00:00
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Artnet---...- that are part of our common cultural language, from Brian de Palma's Dressed to Kill to David Lynch's Mulholland Drive and -Ken Russell's- Women in Love. ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:29:20 GMT+00:00
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Bromley Times--It has also attracted the attention of Oscar-winning -Ken Russell-, the director of Women In Love and the Who's Tommy, who is acting as a consultant, ... - Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:40:26 GMT+00:00

Films directed by Ken Russell

1960sElgar (1962, TV) * French Dressing (1963) * The Debussy Film (1965, TV) * Always On Sunday (1965, TV) * Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer In The World (1966, TV) * Dante's Inferno (1967, TV) * Billion Dollar Brain (1967) * Song of Summer (1968, TV) * Women in Love (1969)
1970sThe Dance of the Seven Veils (1970, TV) * The Music Lovers (1971) * The Devils (1971) * The Boy Friend (1971) * Savage Messiah (1972) * Mahler (1974) * Tommy (1975) * Lisztomania (1975) * Valentino (1977)
1980sAltered States (1980) * Crimes of Passion (1984) * Gothic (1986) * Aria (1987, segment "Nessun Dorma") * Salome's Last Dance (1988) * The Lair of the White Worm (1988) * The Rainbow (1989)
1990s/2000sWhore (1991) * Prisoner of Honor (1991, TV) * The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992, TV) * Lady Chatterley (1993, TV) * Mindbender (1995, TV) * Dogboys (1998, TV) * Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002)

Housemates of Celebrity Big Brother (UK)

Celebrity Big Brother 2001Jack Dee * Claire Sweeney * Keith Duffy * Anthea Turner * Vanessa Feltz * Chris Eubank
Celebrity Big Brother 2002Mark Owen * Les Dennis * Melinda Messenger * Sue Perkins * Anne Diamond * Goldie
Celebrity Big Brother 2005Bez * Kenzie * Brigitte Nielsen * Jeremy Edwards * Caprice Bourret * Lisa I'Anson * John McCririck * Jackie Stallone * Germaine Greer
Celebrity Big Brother 2006Chantelle Houghton * Michael Barrymore * Maggot * Preston * Pete Burns * Traci Bingham * Dennis Rodman * George Galloway * Rula Lenska * Faria Alam * Jodie Marsh
Celebrity Big Brother 2007Shilpa Shetty * Jermaine Jackson * Dirk Benedict * Ian "H" Watkins * Danielle Lloyd * Jack Tweed * Cleo Rocos * Jo O'Meara * Jade Goody * Carole Malone * Leo Sayer * Jackiey Budden * Ken Russell * Donny Tourette
Celebrity Big Brother 2009Ulrika Jonsson * Terry Christian * Coolio * Verne Troyer * Ben Adams * Tommy Sheridan * La Toya Jackson * Michelle Heaton * Mutya Buena * Tina Malone * Lucy Pinder
Celebrity Big Brother 2010Alex Reid * Dane Bowers * Vinnie Jones * Jonas Altberg * Stephanie Beacham * Nicola Tappenden * Ivana Trump * Sisqó * Stephen Baldwin * Lady Sovereign * Heidi Fleiss * Ekaterina Ivanova



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