The British roots of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars including Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor have been published online for the first time.
Millions of United States census records are included in the collection, detailing British actors and actresses who moved to the US during the golden age of movies.
The 1940 US Federal Census Records, now being published by family history website Ancestry.co.uk, includes the names of Elizabeth Taylor, born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London and Port Talbot’s Richard Burton.
The files also include London born Alfred Hitchcock, currently being played in a biopic of his life by another Port Talbot actor, Sir Anthony Hopkins, who moved to the US to direct some of the best-known films of all time, such as Psycho and The Birds.
Read more: Wales Online http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2013/01/04/british-roots-of-hollywood-stars-richard-burton-and-elizabeth-taylor-91466-32544953/#ixzz2H1BmTrbK
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