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George Bernard Shaw
Deceased

How Did George Bernard Shaw Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 94
Also known asBernard Shaw, G. B. ShawGenderMaleNationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBorn26/07/1856Born inDublin, IrelandDied02/11/1950Died inAyot St LawrenceCausekidney failureWikidataQ19185Buried atShaw's CornerTMDb#33085

George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923).

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Filmography7 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2008The Soviet StoryMovieSelf (archive footage)152
1967OmnibusSeriesSelf111
1950The Century Is FiftyMovieSelf (archive footage)94
1941Major BarbaraMovieHimself (in theatrical release print only) (uncredited)85
1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovieSelf (archive footage)84
1935BBC: The Voice of BritainMovieSelf79
1917Masks and FacesMovie61