Known For
Acting
Born
May 20, 1914
Died
May 09, 1986
Place of Birth
Khumbu, Nepal
Credits
14 titles
Tenzing Norgay
Biography
Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Known For
Filmography
Tenzing
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Beyond The Edge
Self (archive footage)
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Self (archive footage)
The Race for Everest
Self (archive footage)
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain
Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of Everest
Self (archive footage)
Everest At Any Cost
Self (archive footage)
Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World
Self (archive footage)
The Quest
Self (related character)
Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After
self (related characters)
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
related character
The Conquest of Everest
Self
Himalayan Epic
Everest 1936 - Ruttledge
Self