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Peter Sellers Three Piece Suit from Being There

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Peter Sellers Three Piece Suit from Being There
Full three piece gray suit consisting of a jacket, vest and pants, worn by Peter Sellers, most famous for his role as Inspector Clouseau, in Being There (1979). This Hal Ashby film starred Sellers as Chauncey Gardiner, a simple gardner who unwittingly stumbles his way into political power and media stardom. The role garnered Sellers nods from both the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards; he won the former. Includes a Western Costume Company label on the inner collar of the jacket, inner lining of the vest and inner waist of the pants with Sellers' name typewritten on them. Sellers, born in London in 1925, rose to stardom in comedic roles such as Dr. Strangelove (1964), a Cold War comedy in which he portrayed no less than three characters: The President, the British Capt. Mandrake and the mad Teutonic strategist of the title. Other notable films include Lolita (1962), another Stanley Kubrick production in which Sellers co-starred with James Mason and Shelley Winters, and The Pink Panther (1963) which originated the character of Inspector Clouseau, a role Sellers would reprise in a further four films.