Editing Winston Churchill (section)

==Cultural depictions==
{{Main|Cultural depictions of Winston Churchill}}

While biographies by Addison, Gilbert, Jenkins and Rhodes James are among the most acclaimed works about Churchill, he has been the subject of numerous others. David Freeman counted 62 in English to the end of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-157/books-arts-curiosities-the-long-and-short-of-churchill-biographies/ |last=Freeman |first=David |title=Books, Arts & Curiosities – The Long and short of Churchill Biographies |work=International Churchill Society (ICS) |date=Winter 2012–13 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing plc |location=London |access-date=7 November 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126182408/https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-157/books-arts-curiosities-the-long-and-short-of-churchill-biographies/ |url-status=live}}</ref> At a public ceremony in Westminster Hall on 30 November 1954, Churchill's 80th birthday, the joint Houses of Parliament presented him with a [[Sutherland's Portrait of Winston Churchill|full-length portrait of himself]], painted by [[Graham Sutherland]].{{Sfn|Sorrels|1984|p=190}} Churchill and Clementine reportedly hated it and she had it destroyed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://winstonchurchill.org/the-life-of-churchill/senior-statesman/1950-1959/the-sutherland-portrait/ |title=The Sutherland Portrait |work=International Churchill Society (ICS) |date=29 November 2017 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing plc |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023215726/https://winstonchurchill.org/the-life-of-churchill/senior-statesman/1950-1959/the-sutherland-portrait/ |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Jenkins|2001|p=890}}

Biographical films include ''[[Young Winston]]'' (1972), directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] and featuring [[Simon Ward]] in the title role; ''[[Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years]]'' (1981), starring [[Robert Hardy]]; ''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]'' (2002), starring [[Albert Finney]] as Churchill; ''[[Into the Storm (2009 film)|Into the Storm]]'' (2009), starring [[Brendan Gleeson]] as Churchill; ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]'' (2017), starring [[Gary Oldman]] as Churchill. [[John Lithgow]] played Churchill in ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' (2016–2019). Finney, Gleeson, Oldman and Lithgow all won awards for their performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/albert-finney |title=Albert Finney |publisher=Emmy Awards |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615105809/https://www.emmys.com/bios/albert-finney |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/brendan-gleeson-wins-emmy-award-in-us-26567804.html |title=Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US |newspaper=The Independent |date=21 September 2009 |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731200709/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/brendan-gleeson-wins-emmy-award-in-us-26567804.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gary-oldman-wins-best-actor-oscar-1090543 |title=Oscars: Gary Oldman Wins Best Actor for ''Darkest Hour'' |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=4 March 2018 |location=New York City |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922231401/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gary-oldman-wins-best-actor-oscar-1090543 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/17/16323768/john-lithgow-emmys-2017-supporting-actor-drama-series-winner |last=Liao |first=Shannon |title=John Lithgow wins the Emmy for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |work=The Verge |date=17 September 2017 |access-date=8 May 2021 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142508/https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/17/16323768/john-lithgow-emmys-2017-supporting-actor-drama-series-winner |url-status=live}}</ref>