Personal life Sean Connery



connery s former wife, diane cilento


during production of south pacific in mid-1950s, connery dated dark-haired beauty ballerina s figure , carol sopel, warned off jewish family. dated julie hamilton, blonde woman, daughter of documentary filmmaker , feminist jill craigie. given connery s rugged appearance , rough charm, hamilton thought appalling person , not attracted him until saw him in kilt, declaring him beautiful thing d ever seen in life. shared mutual attraction black jazz singer maxine daniels, whom met @ empire theatre. made pass @ her, informed him happily married baby daughter. connery married actress diane cilento 1962 1973. had son, actor jason connery.



connery , wife, micheline roquebrune, in 1983


connery has been married moroccan-french painter micheline roquebrune (born 1929) since 1975. keen golfer, connery owned domaine de terre blanche in south of france twenty years (from 1979) planned build dream golf course on 266 acres (108 ha) of land, dream not realised until sold german billionaire dietmar hopp in 1999. has been awarded rank of shodan (1st dan) in kyokushin karate.


connery knighted elizabeth ii in edinburgh in july 2000. had been nominated knighthood in 1997 , 1998, these nominations reported have been vetoed due connery s political views donald dewar. sean connery has villa in kranidi, greece. neighbour king willem-alexander of netherlands, whom shares helicopter platform. michael caine (who co-starred connery in man king (1975), saw double act receive critical acclaim) among connery s closest friends. connery keen supporter of scottish premiership football club rangers f.c.


scottish national party

connery member of scottish national party (snp), centre-left political party campaigning scottish independence united kingdom, , has supported party financially , through personal appearances. funding of snp ceased in 2001, when uk parliament passed legislation prohibited overseas funding of political activities in uk. in response accusations tax exile, connery released documents in 2003 showing had paid £3.7 million in uk taxes between 1997/98 , 2002/03.








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