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Violette Muriel Box, Baroness Gardiner, (22 September 1905 – 18 May 1991) was an English screenwriter and director, Britain's most prolific female director, having directed 12 feature films and one featurette. Her screenplay for The Seventh Veil (co-written with husband Sydney Box) won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
- 1 daughter
- Violette Muriel Baker, 22 September 1905, New Malden, Surrey, England, UK
- Director, writer, screenwriter
- 18 May 1991 (aged 85), Hendon, London, England, UK
Muriel Box was born on 22 September 1905 in New Malden, Surrey [now in Kingston upon Thames, London], England, UK. She was a writer and director, known for The Seventh Veil (1945), Mr. Lord Says No (1952) and A Novel Affair (1957). She was married to Gerald Gardiner and Sydney Box.
- Muriel Box
- May 18, 1991
- September 22, 1905
Feb 19, 2023 · Who was Muriel Box, Britain’s most prolific female film director? She was also the first woman to win an Oscar for best original screenplay. Now a new radio documentary aims to give her...
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- Carol Morley
Oct 26, 2018 · Muriel Box: Britain’s most prolific female director you've never heard of. Her 13 features from the 50s and 60s explored new ways of representing women on screen. Now, two new major...
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- Phil Hoad
Muriel Box was born on September 22, 1905 in New Malden, Surrey [now in Kingston upon Thames, London], England, UK. She was a writer and director, known for The Seventh Veil (1945), Mr. Lord Says No (1952) and Both Sides of the Law (1953). She was previously married to Gerald Gardiner and Sydney Box. She died on May 18, 1991 in London, England, UK.
- September 22, 1905
- May 18, 1991
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Mar 29, 2017 · Talented as she may have been, and though she was able to build a decent-sized filmography, Muriel Box’s career illustrates an enormous problem that is all too common among early women filmmakers: Her films are nowhere near accessible.
Oct 5, 2013 · Rachel Cooke 's new book re-examines 10 pioneering 1950s women. In this extract she tells the stories of Muriel and Betty Box, two prominent women in the British film industry
