
Nigel Bruce is an actor, stage actor, film actor (United Kingdom).
William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was an English character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in both. Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca and Suspicion, as well as Charlie Chaplin's Limelight and the original Lassie film Lassie Come Home.
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| Born | 4 September 1895 |
| Profession | actor, stage actor, film actor |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Educated at | Abingdon School |
| Spouse | Violet Pauline Shelton |
| Children | Pauline Margaret Bruce, Jennifer Beryl Bruce |
| Awards | British War Medal |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Aquarius |
| Nakshatra | Purva Bhadrapada (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Capricorn |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 666 Hollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 64 of them (10%) have the Moon in Aquarius, like Nigel Bruce, and 30 (5%) share the Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra — the #2 most common Moon Nakshatra among Hollywood personalities, where Dhanishta leads with 31 (5%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Nigel Bruce was born on 4 September 1895. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Nigel Bruce's Moon sign (Rashi) is Aquarius and the Nakshatra is Purva Bhadrapada, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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