William Rose
Sign in to saveAmerican screenwriter (1914-1987)
Film & TV
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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. He spent his demobilisation money on a course in screenwriting, and then became a writer of British and American comedies such as Ladykillers,…
Known for
- Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios — Interviewee1986
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Rose
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jefferson City
- Place of death
- Jersey
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Bill and Tania Rose 1944.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1914-12-12
- date of death
- 1987-02-10
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
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