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Wedding of William Rose (in his uniform) and Tania Price in 1943. William Rose (August 31, 1918 – February 10, 1987) was an American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films. [1]
William Rose. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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 · Feb. 19, 1987 12 AM PT. 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 ...
Writer. 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.
Box office. $56.7 million [2] Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy (in his final role), Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton . The film was one of the few of the ...
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William Rose: Jefferson City's screenwriter. The man who brought interracial romance to the big screen. April 16, 2017 at 5:25 a.m. | Updated April 16, 2017 at 7:32 a.m.
William Rose. Writer: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. 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 previously married to Tania Rose. He died on 10 February 1987 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
