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Aug 27, 2009 · Even during his last relationship with Martin Hensler, a mysterious and aggressive Hungarian who was his live-in companion for more than 30 years, Gielgud still hankered after other men.
Feb 15, 2010 · Plague over England, the acclaimed West End play about John Gielgud's sexuality is to be filmed. Here, the critic-turned-playwright Nicholas de Jongh reveals more about his subject's secret life
In 1962 Gielgud met Martin Hensler (1932–99), an interior designer exiled from Hungary. He was temperamental, and Gielgud's friends often found him difficult, but the two became a long-term couple and lived together until Hensler's death.
In 1988, more than 20 years after homosexuality was decriminalised in Britain, Gielgud publicly revealed his relationship with long-term partner Martin Hensler.
Feb 28, 2008 · In Gielgud's version, he had not gone looking for sex, but his account was punctuated by his longtime companion, Martin Hensler, growling, "No, no, John, you always lie!"
Oct 28, 1993 · The garden is the invention and preserve of his companion, Martin Hensler. Walking through his ornate sitting room, double high with two banks of windows and filled with beautiful objects, he...
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Gielgud's companion of forty years, Martin Hensler, died in 1999. After this, Gielgud went into a physical and psychological decline; [191] he died at home in May the following year, at the age of 96.
