Sean Connery 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".
Ken Russell tribute to Oscar Wilde's controversial play "Salome", which was banned on the 19th century London stage. The cult movie defines Russell's adult themed romance with the "Theatre of The Poor" and was also notable for the screen presence of Imogen Millais-Scott as Salome. Russell finished the 1980s with "The Rainbow", another D. H. Lawrence adaptation, which also happens to be the prequel to "Women in Love". Glenda Jackson played the mother of her character in the previous film. In the 1990 film "The Russia House", starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, Russell made one of his first significant acting appearances,