On the Italian side, we can trace the family back ... -Christopher Lee

On the Italian side, we can trace the family back 2,000 years. I have a cousin in Rome, a famous archaeologist, Count Andrea Carandini, who was in Lombardy and came across some pottery with the original name of the family, Carandinus, painted on it.

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English actor, remembered for his iconic roles as Dracula in Hammer Horror films and Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

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