George Rose's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds

In the record

George Walter Rose (19 February 1920 – 5 May 1988) was an English actor and singer in theatre and film. The birth-card coordinate for February 19 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1976 Best Actor in a Musical (My Fair Lady); 1986 Best Actor in a Musical (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1976 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle
• 1986 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Mayor Thomas Sapsea / William Cartwright

The 6 of Diamonds coordinate

George Rose'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 a Tony Award and not a verdict on George Rose. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.

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George Rose in the public record

He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for roles in My Fair Lady and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, the son of a butcher, Rose studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After graduation, he was briefly a farmer and secretary. After wartime service and studies at Oxford, he made his Old Vic stage debut in 1946. Rose spent four years with the Old Vic company and made his Broadway debut in a 1946 production of Henry IV, Part I and continued to play in New York City and London's West End for the remainder of the decade. He spent most of the 1950s appearing in broad comedy roles in the UK, later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. He returned to Broadway to portray Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing in 1959. Two years later, he co-starred to much acclaim in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, first in London and then in New York.

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

Where the record meets the 3 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about George Rose, and not a forecast of a Tony.

Ability to see what needs fixing

After graduation, he was briefly a farmer and secretary.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: farmer.

Also on the record

1. This included Variety naming him the best supporting actor for his portrayal of the Common Man.
2. From then on, he appeared primarily in American plays and films.
3. Rose made his screen debut in Midnight Frolics in 1949 and made more than 30 films.
4. Notable film credits include The Pickwick Papers (1952), Track the Man Down (1955), A Night to Remember (1958), The Flesh and the Fiends (1959), Hawaii (1966), and A New Leaf (1971).

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Brian Dennehy — 1999 Best Actor in a Play (Death of a Salesman); 2003 Best Actor in a Play (Long Day's Journey into Night)
• Caissie Levy — 2026 Best Actress in a Musical (Ragtime)
• Gertrude Berg — 1959 Best Actress in a Play (A Majority of One)
• Paul Scofield — 1962 Best Actor in a Play (A Man for All Seasons)

FAQ

What is George Rose's birth card?

The 6 of Diamonds. February 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?

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 George Rose's dates come from?

Birth date 1920-02-19 is the day-precision date on George Rose's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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