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  1. Harwood was born Ronald Horwitz in Cape Town, in what was then the Union of South Africa, the son of Isobel (née Pepper) and Isaac Horwitz. [1] After attending Sea Point High School, [2] Harwood moved from Cape Town to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theatre. He changed his surname from Horwitz to Harwood after an English master told ...

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  2. Ronald Harwood, who has died aged 85, was an indefatigably hard-working playwright, novelist and screenwriter, who won an Oscar for best screenplay for The Pianist (2002), his adaptation of ...

  3. Sep 10, 2020 · Ronald Harwood was born Ronald Horwitz on Nov. 9, 1934, in Cape Town, to Isaac and Isobel (Pepper) Horwitz. His mother was born in London and retained a love of English culture that she passed on ...

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  4. Ronald Harwood. Writer: The Pianist. Born in Cape Town, Union of South Africa in 1934, Ronald Harwood moved to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theatre. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he joined the Shakespeare Company of Sir Donald Wolfit, one of the last 'actor-manager' of Great-Britain.

    • November 9, 1934
    • September 8, 2020
  5. Sep 8, 2020 · Sir Ronald Harwood, the Oscar-winning British screenwriter of The Pianist and films such as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Dresser and Quartet, has died. He was 85. His agent, Judy Daish ...

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  7. Sep 9, 2020 · Sir Ronald Harwood, pictured picking up a Bafta in 2008 Sir Ronald Harwood, the playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter, has died. His agent Judy Daish said he died of natural causes on Tuesday.

  8. Sep 9, 2020 · Ronald Harwood, playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter, died on Tuesday of natural causes, his agent told BBC on Wednesday. He was 85. The writer won the Academy Award for adapted screenplay ...

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