Biography

Terry Kilburn delivered two of the most famous last lines in literary/film history. "God bless us everyone" in A Christmas Carol (1938) and "Goodbye Mr. Chips" in Au revoir Mr. Chips! (1939).

From 1970-94, Kilburn was artistic director of Oakland University's Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester, Michigan. Meadow Brook Theatre presents classic plays, comedies and musicals, and is known for its annual production of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", adapted by Kilburn's partner Charles Nolte.

His father was a London bus conductor.

Partner of actor Charles Nolte for over half a century, at the latter's death in 2010. They met in the 1950s in a stage door alley, when Charles was playing in "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" and Terry was next door in "The Teahouse of the August Moon.".

Appeared in two movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Au revoir Mr. Chips! (1939) and Prisonniers du passé (1942).