Emmy Award
Award
1971 (made)
1971 (made)
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Keith Michell (1926-2015) was one of the leading actors of the 1960s and 70s and was also Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, 1974-77.
Michell’s most enduring role is Henry VIII in the landmark BBC Television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, first broadcast in 1970. The BBC devoted an episode to each of the monarch’s six consorts. The film version Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1972) adapted the same material into a single film, directed by Waris Hussein. He continued to be associated with the role, playing the king in Shakespeare's Henry VIII at Chichester in 1991, and in 1996 he was Henry in a television film, The Prince and the Pauper, when he was relieved to discover that the costumes for the rotund king weighed only a fraction of the 20 stone of those he had needed some 20 years previously.
Michell received numerous awards for his performance as Henry VIII, including an Emmy Award for Best Actor.
Michell’s most enduring role is Henry VIII in the landmark BBC Television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, first broadcast in 1970. The BBC devoted an episode to each of the monarch’s six consorts. The film version Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1972) adapted the same material into a single film, directed by Waris Hussein. He continued to be associated with the role, playing the king in Shakespeare's Henry VIII at Chichester in 1991, and in 1996 he was Henry in a television film, The Prince and the Pauper, when he was relieved to discover that the costumes for the rotund king weighed only a fraction of the 20 stone of those he had needed some 20 years previously.
Michell received numerous awards for his performance as Henry VIII, including an Emmy Award for Best Actor.
Object details
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| Title | Emmy Award (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Copper, nickel, silver and gold |
| Brief description | Emmy Award awarded to Keith Michell for Best Actor in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, 1971 |
| Physical description | The Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, was designed by television engineer Louis McManus, who used his wife as the model. The wings represent the muse of art and the atom is the electron of science. It is made of copper, nickel, silver and gold. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 1971 - 1972 Television Academy Awards Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Keith Michell
Catherine Howard: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
August 29 1971
CBS |
| Gallery label | The BBC landmark series, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, was one of the most popular television programmes of the 1970s. It cemented Keith Michell's portrayal of the monarch in the public eye and Michell went on to portray Henry on stage and on film.(2018) |
| Credit line | Given by Jeanette Michell |
| Summary | Keith Michell (1926-2015) was one of the leading actors of the 1960s and 70s and was also Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, 1974-77. Michell’s most enduring role is Henry VIII in the landmark BBC Television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, first broadcast in 1970. The BBC devoted an episode to each of the monarch’s six consorts. The film version Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1972) adapted the same material into a single film, directed by Waris Hussein. He continued to be associated with the role, playing the king in Shakespeare's Henry VIII at Chichester in 1991, and in 1996 he was Henry in a television film, The Prince and the Pauper, when he was relieved to discover that the costumes for the rotund king weighed only a fraction of the 20 stone of those he had needed some 20 years previously. Michell received numerous awards for his performance as Henry VIII, including an Emmy Award for Best Actor. |
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| Accession number | S.800-2017 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2018 |
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