Paul Scofield's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds

In the record

David Paul Scofield (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. The birth-card coordinate for January 21 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1967 Best Actor — A Man for All Seasons win.

Academy Award record

• 1967 Best Actor — A Man for All Seasons

The 6 of Diamonds coordinate

Paul Scofield's birthday maps to the 6 of Diamonds (The Generous Provider). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about an Academy Award and not a verdict on Paul Scofield. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.

Live 6 of Diamonds meaning page

Paul Scofield in the public record

During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award for his work. Completing the feat in just seven years, no actor has achieved the Triple Crown faster than Scofield. He is celebrated for his reputation as one of the greatest Shakespearean performers. He declined the honour of a knighthood on three separate occasions (in 1968, 1974, and 1987), but was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a CH in 2001. Scofield received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for portraying Sir Thomas More in the Broadway production of A Man for All Seasons (1962). Four years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor when he reprised the role in the 1966 film adaptation, making him one of eleven to receive a Tony and Academy Award for the same role. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Male of the Species (1969). Scofield garnered acclaim for his roles in films such as The Train (1964), King Lear (1971), A Delicate Balance (1973), Henry V (1989), and Hamlet (1990).

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Paul Scofield (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 6♦, 3♠, 9♣, A♥, 3♥, A♦, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦, 8♠, Q♦, 5♥, 3♣, 9♥, 7♣, 5♦, Q♠. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast an Oscar.

Also on the record

1. He portrayed Mark Van Doren in the historical drama Quiz Show (1994), for which he earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
2. For his role as Thomas Danforth in the film adaptation of The Crucible (1996) he received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Other winners with this card

• Charlize Theron — 2004 Best Actress — Monster
• Emma Thompson — 1993 Best Actress — Howards End
• Lee Marvin — 1966 Best Actor — Cat Ballou
• Tom Hanks — 1994 Best Actor — Philadelphia; 1995 Best Actor — Forrest Gump

FAQ

What is Paul Scofield's birth card?

The 6 of Diamonds. January 21 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict an Oscar?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Paul Scofield's dates come from?

Birth date 1922-01-21 is the day-precision date on Paul Scofield's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Best Actor / Best Actress lists, which cite Oscars.org ceremony pages. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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