Michael Caine, Actor: The Quiet American. Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen Frances Marie (Burchell), a charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish-market porter.
They have won more Oscars before, but the Brits stole the show at the Academy Awards, with Sam Mendes's debut film American Beauty sweeping the board and Michael Caine delivering the wittiest speech of of an excruciatingly long night.
Michael Caine, Actor: The Quiet American. Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen Frances Marie (Burchell), a charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish-market porter.
They have won more Oscars before, but the Brits stole the show at the Academy Awards, with Sam Mendes's debut film American Beauty sweeping the board and Michael Caine delivering the wittiest speech of of an excruciatingly long night.
