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Josephine Leslie (1898–1979) was an Irish writer, usually under the name R. A. Dick (taking the initials from her sea captain father, Robert Abercromby). She most famously wrote the 1945 novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was made into a 1947 film and adapted for a 1960s TV series.
Biography. Josephine Leslie was a writer who wrote several novels and two plays as R A Dick, scoring considerable success with The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1945), which tracks the relationship between a widowed mother and the ghost of an old sea-captain; the story was the basis of The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) and a tv series, but did not save JL's ...
- June 8, 1898Wexford, Ireland, UK
- Josephine Aimee Campbell Leslie
- April 28, 1979
- Writer
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a 1947 American supernatural romantic fantasy film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and is based on a 1945 novel written by Josephine Leslie under the pseudonym of R.A. Dick.
R.A. Dick was the pseudonym of Josephine Aimee Campbell Leslie Josephine Leslie, An Irish writer who wrote the 1945 novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. The book was made into a movie in 1947 starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders and Natalie Wood.
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- April 28, 1979
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Josephine Leslie is the author of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (4.12 avg rating, 5535 ratings, 969 reviews, published 1945), The Devil and Mrs. Devine (3.67 a...
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- April 28, 1979
- June 8, 1898
R.A. Dick (pseudonym), Josephine Leslie. 4.12. 5,535 ratings969 reviews. Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted.
R. A. Dick was the pseudonym of Josephine Leslie, who wrote the 1945 novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
