Penelope Gilliatt
English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film critic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Penelope Gilliatt (/ˈdʒɪliət/; born Penelope Ann Douglass Conner; 25 March 1932 – 9 May 1993) was an English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film critic. As one of the main film critics for The New Yorker magazine in the 1960s and 1970s, Gilliatt was known for her detailed descriptions and evocative reviews. A writer of short stories, novels, non-fiction books, and screenplays, Gilliatt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971).[1]
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Born | Penelope Ann Douglass Conner (1932-03-25)25 March 1932 London, England |
Died | 9 May 1993(1993-05-09) (aged 61) London, England |
Occupation | Film critic and novelist |
Spouse | Roger Gilliatt (m. 1954; divorced) |
Partner | Vincent Canby |
Children | 1 daughter (with Osborne) |
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