Micheál Mac Liammóir

Birthday: 10/25/1899
Deathday: 3/6/1978
Place of birth: Willesden, London, England
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Michael MacLiammoir, Alfred Willmore, Micheál MacLiammóir, Michael Mac Liammoir, Michael MacLiammóir, Micheal Mac Liammoir, Micheal Mac Liammóir

Biography

Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated to Ireland in early adulthood, changed his name, invented an Irish ancestry, and remained based there for the rest of his life, successfully maintaining a fabricated identity as a native Irishman born in Cork.