Roger Rees, Welsh-Born Stage, Screen And TV Actor, Dies At 71
By Scott Neuman
American audiences came to know him as the star of the adaptation of Charles Dickens’ The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway. He won a Tony Award in the title role.
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