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| jmlgws Senior Member Canada Joined 7101 days ago 102 posts - 104 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Mandarin | Message 1 of 8 12 August 2005 at 11:06am | IP Logged | ||
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Forum members in this poll seem to define "polyglot" as "4+ languages". Therefore according to the IMDB Natalie Portman qualifies. Natalie Portman speaks 5 languages fluently (Hebrew, English, French, German and Japanese), as well as some Spanish. Natalie has appeared in a number of movies, but is probably best known as Queen Amidala in the three Star Wars prequels.
I remember an article which mentioned she was filming a movie (don't know which one, sorry) in Germany. The crew/film staff were German and could speak no English. Apparently Natalie talked to them in German between takes and became very popular with the staff. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7204 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 2 of 8 12 August 2005 at 3:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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I guess according to the poll, Penelope Cruz is too.
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7375 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 8 12 August 2005 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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Let's add Peter Ustinov for good measure, he is said to speak 6 languages. I read a detailed article about this and spoke to his wife once but can't remember the list.
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| Raistlin Majere Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Spain uciprotour-cycling.c Joined 7151 days ago 455 posts - 424 votes 7 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan*, FrenchA1, Italian, German Studies: Swedish | Message 4 of 8 12 August 2005 at 5:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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What films has Peter Ustinov acted in?
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| jradetzky Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom geocities.com/jradet Joined 7206 days ago 521 posts - 485 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, GermanB1 | Message 5 of 8 12 August 2005 at 6:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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He acted in many, many films, but I remember his performance of mad Roman Emperor Nero in "Quo Vadis?" (1951). He won Oscars for his roles in Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964).
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| Nephilim Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 7144 days ago 363 posts - 368 votes Speaks: English*, Polish | Message 6 of 8 13 August 2005 at 3:16am | IP Logged | ||
I think Peter Ustinov actually had Russian ancestry so he was speaking Russian from an earlier age. He died recently which was a sad loss. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7102 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 7 of 8 25 August 2005 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes, I remember something about this from his obituary. I think that he spoke Russian and German from his father who I believe worked for MI5 during the war and French and Italian from his mother, English obviously since he was born here and possibly either Spanish or maybe Turkish - I may just be getting confused with him being in Topkapi. Andy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 8 28 December 2005 at 7:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've read somewhere that Christopher Lee can speak twelve languages, among them: French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian and Greek.
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