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John Osborne

Actor / Playwright / Screenwriter / Writer | * 12/12/1929 († 65, 12/24/1994) | Fulham, London (United Kingdom (UK))
John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, and entrepreneur. Born in London, he briefly worked as a journalist before starting out in theatre as a stage manager and actor. He lived in poverty for several years before his third produced play, Look Back in Anger (1956), brought him national fame. Based on his volatile relationship with his first wife, Pamela Lane, it marked him as part of a wider cultural and literary movement in post-WWII Britain known as kitchen sink realism, which utilised social realist depictions of domestic situations to address disillusionment with British society in the waning years of the Empire. The phrase "angry young man", used by theatrical press officer George Fearon to describe the play, was subsequently used as the name for a loosely-defined group of predominantly working class and left-wing writers within this movement, with Osborne considered its leading figure. The Entertainer (1957), Luther (1961), and Inadmissable Evidence (1964) were also wel... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | History

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Awards & Nominations for John Osborne

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Pen/ackerley Prize Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with John Osborne as Actor(6)

as Arborian Priest1980 Flash Gordon
as Kinnear1971 Get Carter
as Maidanov1970 First Love

TV Shows/Series with John Osborne as Actor(1)

as himself1971 Great Performances

Movies with John Osborne as Crew(25)

Directing/Director2021 The Wedding of the Century
Writing/Writer2021 The Wedding of the Century
Writing/Writer1995 England, My England
Writing/Writer1989 Look Back in Anger
Writing/Writer1985 A Better Class of Person
Writing/Writer1985 God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
Writing/Screenplay1985 Colonel Redl
Writing/Writer1981 Very Like a Whale
Writing/Adaptation1981 Hedda Gabler
Writing/Writer1976 Almost a Vision
Writing/Writer1974 Ms or Jill and Jack
Writing/Writer1974 The Gift of Friendship
Writing/Writer1974 Luther
Writing/Writer1971 The Hotel in Amsterdam
Writing/Writer1970 The Right Prospectus
Writing/Writer1968 Inadmissible Evidence
Writing/Screenplay1963 Tom Jones
Writing/Screenplay1960 The Entertainer
Writing/Theatre Play1960 The Entertainer
Crew/Additional Dialogue1959 Look Back in Anger
Writing/Theatre Play1959 Look Back in Anger

Full Name: John Osborne
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 12/12 1929 (December) in Fulham, London (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Saturday, 12/24 1994 (December) in Shropshire (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Mary Ure, Penelope Gilliatt, Jill Bennett
Other names for John Osborne (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John James Osborne"
John Osborne frequently works together with these people:
Tony Richardson (6x, Crew)
John Addison (6x, Crew)
Plácido Domingo (5x, Actor)
Jill Bennett (5x, Actress)
Blythe Danner (4x, Actress)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (4x, Actress)
Frederica von Stade (4x, Actress)
Maximilian Schell (3x, Actor)
Danilo Donati (3x, Crew)
Edward Marshall (3x, Crew)
George Devine (3x, Actor)
Mike Hodges (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:317475, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024