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Muriel Box
British film director and writer (1905-1991) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 85
Violette Muriel Box, Baroness Gardiner, was an English screenwriter and director, Britain's most prolific female director, having directed 12 feature films and one featurette. Her screenplay for The Seventh Veil won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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1991Died18 May 19911986Fifties Features - The Women behind the PicturesSeries1964
Rattle of a Simple ManFilm, Director1962
The Piper's TuneFilm, Director1959
Subway in the SkyFilm, Director1957
The Passionate StrangerFilm, Director, Writer1956
EyewitnessFilm, Director1954
The BeachcomberFilm, Director1953
Street CornerFilm, Director, Writer1952
The Happy FamilyFilm, Director, Writer1950The Day Begins EarlyFilm, Writer1948
DaybreakFilm, Writer1947Academy Award for Best Writing, Original ScreenplayAward
Dear MurdererFilm, 1947Writer1946
A Girl in a MillionFilm, Writer, Producer1941The English InnFilm, Director1935Alibi InnFilm, Writer1905Born22 September 1905
Rattle of a Simple ManFilm, Director1962The Piper's TuneFilm, Director1959Subway in the SkyFilm, Director1957The Passionate StrangerFilm, Director, Writer1956EyewitnessFilm, Director1954The BeachcomberFilm, Director1953Street CornerFilm, Director, Writer1952The Happy FamilyFilm, Director, Writer1950The Day Begins EarlyFilm, Writer1948DaybreakFilm, Writer1947Academy Award for Best Writing, Original ScreenplayAwardDear MurdererFilm, 1947Writer1946A Girl in a MillionFilm, Writer, Producer1941The English InnFilm, Director1935Alibi InnFilm, Writer1905Born22 September 1905People around Muriel
Thora Hird Also in Portrait from Life and The Blind Goddess- David MacDonald Directed The Brothers and Good-Time Girl
- Compton Bennett Directed The Seventh Veil and The Years Between
Peggy Cummins Muriel directed Street Corner (1953)
Michael Hordern Muriel directed Street Corner (1953)
Donald Sinden Muriel directed The Beachcomber and Eyewitness
Jack Warner Also in Dear Murderer and Holiday Camp- Bernard Knowles Directed The Man Within and Easy Money
Maxwell Reed Also in Dear Murderer, The Brothers and Daybreak
Mai Zetterling Muriel directed The Truth About Women (1957)
Ken Annakin Directed Holiday Camp and Here Come the Huggetts
Diane Cilento Muriel directed The Truth About Women (1957)
Nicholas Parsons Produced Simon and Laura (1955)- Dennis Price Muriel directed The Lost People (1949)
- Michael Medwin Muriel directed Street Corner (1953)
- Kathleen Harrison Muriel directed The Happy Family (1952)
Jack Raine Directed Easy Money (1948)- Ernest Butcher Also in The Years Between and Dear Murderer
Flora Robson Also in The Years Between and Holiday Camp- Susan Shaw Also in Holiday Camp and Here Come the Huggetts
Cec Linder Muriel directed Subway in the Sky (1959)- Esma Cannon Also in Holiday Camp and Here Come the Huggetts
Megs Jenkins Also in 29 Acacia Avenue and The Brothers
George Woodbridge Muriel directed The Piper's Tune (1962)
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1991 · aged 85
