A Brief Profile of Alec Guinness
geoffvEarly Life Sir Alec Guinness was born Alec Guinness de Cuffe on 2 April 1914 in Maida Vale, Westminister, London. He was the son of Agnes de Cuffe but his father’s name was never recorded on his birth certificate. However, Guinness himself, among others, believed that his father was the wealthy banker Andrew Geddes. This…