Chester Gillette
American convicted murderer (1883-1908) · United States · Died at 24
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Something wrong?Chester Ellsworth Gillette was an American convicted murderer who became the basis for the fictional character Clyde Griffiths in Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy. The novel, and thus Gillette's case indirectly, was adapted in turn for the 1931 film An American Tragedy and the 1951 film A Place in the Sun.
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Country
United States
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1883 to 1908 · aged 24
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