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Agnes Newton Keith (born Agnes Jones Goodwillie Newton; July 4, 1901 – March 30, 1982) was an American writer best known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in North Borneo (now Sabah) before, during, and after World War II.
Son of Henry Harry and Agnes Newton Keith. Agnes Keith's autobiography and war movie Three Came Home. Henry George Newton Keith was born on April 5 — also his father’s birthday — 1940 in Sandakan, North Borneo (Three Came Home).
Agnes Newton Keith was born on July 6, 1901 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Three Came Home (1950). She was married to Henry G. Keith. She died on March 30, 1982 in Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
KEITH, Agnes Newton. Born 6 July 1901, Oak Park, Illinois; died March 1982. Daughter of Joseph G. and Grace Goodwillie Newton; married Henry G. Keith, 1934. Reared in California, Agnes Newton Keith graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1924.
A Californian who has followed her forester husband to the far corners of the earth, Agnes Newton Keith went as a bride to North Borneo, where she wrote the Atlantic Prize book LAND BELOW THE...
Three Came Home is a 1947 memoir written by Agnes Newton Keith, based on her experiences during the Japanese invasion of North Borneo. A film based on it was released in 1950 and featured Claudette Colbert in the lead role. Initially, Olivia de Havilland was chosen for the role.
Three Came Home is a 1950 American World War II film directed by Jean Negulesco, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith.
Agnes Newton Keith was born on 6 July 1901 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Three Came Home (1950). She was married to Henry G. Keith. She died on 30 March 1982 in Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Agnes Keith was born in 1901 in Illinois but grew up in Hollywood long before "Tinsel Town" became what it is today. In 1934 she married Henry ("Harry") George Keith, an Englishman whom she had first met as a childhood friend of her brother.
IN 1937 the first manuscript of Agnes Newton Keith walked into the Atlantic office. It came from Sandakan, North Borneo, and it proved to be the enchanting story of Saudin, the Keiths’...
