Robert Donat
Birth Name: Friederich Robert Donat Date of Birth: 18 March, 1905 Place of Birth: Chorlton, Lancashire, England, U. K. Date of Death: 9 June, 1958 Place of...
Birth Name: Friederich Robert Donat
Date of Birth: 18 March, 1905
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Place of Birth: Chorlton, Lancashire, England, U.K.
Date of Death: 9 June, 1958
Place of Death: London, England, U.K.
Ethnicity: Polish, English, possibly French and German
Robert Donat was a British actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939).
He was the son of Rose Alice and Ernst Emil Donat. His father was Polish, and was likely born in Żyrardów. His mother was born in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. Robert is also said to have had French and German ancestry. He was married to actress Renée Asherson, until his death. He had three children with his former wife Ella Annesley Voysey. He was the uncle of actors Peter Donat and Richard Donat.
Robert’s paternal grandfather was named Robert Donat.
Robert’s maternal grandfather was named John Green.
Sources: (Unfilled) genealogies of Robert Donat –
Marriage record of Robert’s parents –
Robert’s father on the 1891 England and Wales Census –
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