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William Rose (August 31, 1918 – February 10, 1987) was an American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films. [1] Life. Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Rose traveled to Canada after the 1939 outbreak of World War II and volunteered to fight with the Black Watch. [2] .
Although he was American by birth, William Rose's screenwriting work displayed a uniquely English voice, from the gentle whimsy of Genevieve (d. Henry Cornelius, 1953) to the darkly offbeat wit of The Ladykillers (d. Alexander Mackendrick, 1955) arguably the blackest of Ealing 's black comedies.
William Rose (August 31, 1918 – February 10, 1987) was an American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films. [1] Wedding of William Rose (in his Black Watch uniform) and Tania Price in 1943
William Rose was born on 31 August 1918 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Ladykillers (1955) and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). He was married to Tania Rose. He died on 10 February 1987 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
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Feb 19, 1987 · William Rose, an American screenwriter who won an Academy Award for “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and whose other Hollywood and British film credits include such classic comedies as “The ...
William Rose was born on 31 August 1918 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Ladykillers (1955) and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963).
William Rose was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, and travelled to Canada at the outbreak of World War II, while the US was still neutral, in order to join up and fight the Nazis. This took him to Britain, where he decided to stay after the war.
