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Definition: Cleese from The Macquarie Dictionary
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born 1939, British comic writer and actor; noted for television series such as Monty Python's Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers and feature films including A Fish Called Wanda (1988).


Cleese, John Marwood

From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
1939- ♦ English comic actor and writer Born in Weston-super-Mare, he studied law at Cambridge, where he joined the Footlights Revue (1963), subsequently performing with them in London, New Zealand and New York. He appeared in the Broadway production of Half a Sixpence (1965) and returned to the UK to write and perform in such television series as The Frost Report (1966) and At Last the 1948 Show (1967). With Graham Chapman (1941-89) he wrote scripts for television ( Doctor in the House , 1968) and film ( The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer , 1970). He then joined Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-74), an anarchic series that changed the face of British television humour with its surreal comedy and animated graphics. The Monty Python team subsequently collaborated on such films as Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) and Monty Python's Meaning of Life (1983). He had further success as the writer and star of the series Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979) and the films A Fish Called Wanda (1988) …
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British actor, comedian and writer, best known for his contribution to the satirical television series, Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-74). ___________________________________________________ I wish to complain about this parrot what I have purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique. …
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From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star. BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Anthelme Physiologie du Goût (1825). The English contribution to world cuisine – the chip. CLEESE, John A Fish Called Wanda , film, 1988. …
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Full text Article NEIGHBOURS

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? AUSTEN, Jane Pride and Prejudice (1813). Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. THE BIBLE ; Leviticus, 19:18. The propriety of some persons seems to consist in having improper thoughts about their…
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Full text Article Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969–74

From The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
BBC TV programme, written by Graham Chapman (1941–89), John Cleese (1939–), Terry Gilliam (1940–), Eric Idle (1943–), Terry Jones (1942–), and Michael Palin (1943–). See also catchphrases , monty python's life of brian Your wife interested in…photographs? Eh? Know what I mean—photographs? He asked…
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Full text Article Weston super Mare

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
super Mare ‘on the sea’, Latin (first recorded in the mid-14th century). A town and seaside resort in North Somerset (before 1996 in Avon, before 1974 in Somerset), in Weston Bay , near the mouth of the River AXE 2 , about 32 km (20 miles) southwest of Bristol. In 1800 it was still a tiny fishing…
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Full text Article Fish Called Wanda, A

From Brewer's Curious Titles
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Full text Article Fish Called Wanda, A

From Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
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Full text Article Cleese, John (Marwood)

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born Oct. 27, 1939, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, Eng.) British actor and screenwriter. He wrote and performed comedy material for British television in the 1960s before helping create the popular comedy show Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969–74), which later won a large U.S. following with its…
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Full text Article John (Marwood) Cleese (1939– )

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The great thing about Graham was that he adored bad taste. As the surviving members of Monty Python's Flying Circus prepared to perform at Aspen, Colorado, with an urn purportedly containing the ashes of the late Graham Chapman; Daily Telegraph 9 March 1998. This parrot is no more. It's ceased…
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Full text Article CLEESE, John Marwood

From Debrett's People of Today 2017
s of Reginald Cleese (né Cheese), and Muriel Cleese b. 27 October 1939 Downing Coll Cambridge (MA) 1, 1968 (m dis 1978), Connie Booth; 1 da (Cynthia); m 2, 1981 (m dis 1990), Barbara Trentham; 1 da (Camilla); m 3, 1992 (m dis 2008), Alyce Faye Eichelberger, qv , formerly w of David Eichelberger; 2…
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