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| children = Zia Jaffrey ''(b. 1959)'' Meera Jaffrey ''(b. 1960)'' Sakina Jaffrey ''(b. 1962)'' }} Saeed Jaffrey, OBE (Punjabi: ਸਈਦ ਜਾਫ਼ਰੀ, Urdu: ; (ヒンディー語:सईद जाफ़री); 8 January 1929 – 15 November 2015) was an Indian-born British actor whose versatility and fluency in multiple languages allowed him to straddle radio, stage, television and film in a career that spanned over six decades and more than a hundred and fifty British, American and Indian movies. He was able to breathe life into the smallest of roles through intense preparation and a nuanced performance, like that of the translator and guide Billy Fish in ''The Man Who Would Be King'' (1975), an act that brought him international attention. His seductive, resonant voice combined with a gift for mimicry and a sharp ear for accents made him the natural choice as narrator for audio books. His narration of the ''Kama Sutra'' titled ''The Art of Love'' (1996) was listed by ''Time'' magazine as "one of the five best spoken word records ever made".〔 He voiced all 86 characters in the 1997 BBC World Service broadcast of Vikram Seth's novel, ''A Suitable Boy''.〔 During the 1980s and 1990s he was considered to be Britain's highest-profile Asian actor, thanks to his leading roles in the movie ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' (1985) and television series ''Tandoori Nights'' (1985–1987) and ''Little Napoleons'' (1994). He played an instrumental part in bringing together film makers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant〔 and acted in several of their Merchant Ivory Productions films such as ''The Guru'' (1969), ''Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures'' (1978), ''The Courtesans of Bombay'' (1983) and ''The Deceivers'' (1988). He broke into Bollywood with Satyajit Ray's ''Shatranj Ke Khilari'' (1977) for which he won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award in 1978. His cameo role as the ''paanwala'' Lallan Miyan in ''Chashme Buddoor'' (1981) won him popularity with Indian audiences. He became a household name in India with his roles in Raj Kapoor's ''Ram Teri Ganga Maili'' (1985) and ''Henna'' (1991), both of which won him nominations for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. He was the first Asian to receive British and Canadian film award nominations. In 1995 he was awarded an OBE in recognition of his services to drama, the first Asian to receive this honour. His memoirs, ''Saeed: An Actor's Journey'', were published in 1998. Jaffrey died at a hospital in London on 15 November 2015, after collapsing from a brain hemorrhage at his home. == Early life and education == Jaffrey was born into a Punjabi Muslim family on 8 January, 1929 in Malerkotla, Punjab. At that time, his maternal grandfather, Khan Bahadur Fazle Imam, was the Dewan or Prime Minister of the princely state of Malerkotla. His father, Dr Hamid Hussain Jaffrey, was a physician and a civil servant with the Health Services department of the United Provinces of British India. Jaffrey and his family moved from one medical posting to another within the United Provinces, living in cities like Muzaffarnagar, Lucknow, Mirzapur, Kanpur, Aligarh, Mussoorie, Gorakhpur and Jhansi. In 1938, Jaffrey joined Minto Circle School at Aligarh Muslim University where he developed his talent for mimicry. In 1939 he played the role of Dara Shikoh in a school play about Aurangzeb, the last great Mughal Emperor. At Aligarh, Jaffrey also mastered the Urdu language and attended riding school. At the local cinemas in Aligarh, he saw many Bollywood movies and became a fan of Motilal, Prithviraj Kapoor, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Fearless Nadia, Kanan Bala and Durga Khote. In 1941 at Mussoorie, Jaffrey attended Wynberg Allen School, a Church of England public school where he picked up British-accented English. He played the role of the Cockney cook, Mason, in the annual school play, R. C. Sherriff's ''Journey's End''. After completing his Senior Cambridge there, Jaffrey attended St. George's College, Mussoorie, an all-boys' Roman Catholic school run by Brothers of Saint Patrick. He played the role of Kate Hardcastle in the annual school play, Oliver Goldsmith's ''She Stoops To Conquer''. At Mussoorie, Saeed and his brother Waheed would often sneak out at night to watch British and American films at the local theaters.〔 In 1945, Jaffrey gained admission to Allahabad University where he completed his B.A. degree in 1948 and M.A. degree in 1950. At Allahabad, Saeed learnt about Hindu religion and mythology for the first time. While visiting his father in Gorakhpur in the winter of 1945, Saeed discovered the BBC World Service on the shortwave radio. When India gained independence from Britain on August 15, 1947 Jaffrey heard Jawaharlal Nehru's inaugural speech on All India Radio as the Prime Minister of India, titled ''Tryst with Destiny''. The partition of India caused all of Saeed's relatives in New Delhi and Bannoor, Punjab to flee to Pakistan. Saeed was awarded his second post-graduate degree, in drama, by The Catholic University of America in 1957.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saeed Jaffrey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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