Diane Cilento (born October 5, 1933 in Brisbane), is a theater and film actress.
Her parents, Sir Raphael Cilento and Phyllis, Lady Cilento, were both highly respected medical practitioners.
At a young age she decided to follow a career as an actress, and moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. She quickly secured work in British films, and steadily worked until the end of the decade, without making a major impression with film audiences.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Tom Jones (1963), but allowed her film career to decline following her marriage to actor Sean Connery. Connery was the second of Cilento's three husbands, and they were married from 1962 until their divorce in 1973. They are the parents of the actor Jason Connery.
In ABC's "The Spirit of Things" programme presenter Rachael Kohn describes Diane Cilento, as one of those rare people who’s followed her heart, in love, in her profession, and in her spiritual life. If anyone’s been on a journey, Diane has, leading her ever forward into new territory, even to Mecca, as a Sufi pilgrim.
Diane Cilento's life is a fascinating journey.
Here's an interesting sufi poem.
Listen to the reed forlorn
Crying since it was torn
from its rushy beda song of love and pain.
The secret of my song, though near,
none can see and none can hear.
Oh, for a friend to know the sign
And mingle all his tears with mine.
'Tis the flame of love that fired me,
'Tis the wine of love inspired me.
Would you learn how lovers bleed?
Then listen, listen to the reed.
Click here and read about this accomplished star, writer and film maker and her spiritual journey that led to sufism.
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