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John Osborne
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Screenwriter, Actor, Play Author Born: December 12, 1929 in London, England, UK Death: December 24, 1994 Biography:Angry and acerbic British playwright/screenwriter "John Osborne" had a special knack for angering his fellow Britons with his rebellious and sometimes poisonous comments about the English tendency to hold themselves and their society in what he may have considered inordinately high esteem. "Osborne" burst onto the British theatrical scene in 1956 after penning his seminal play about youthful rebellion, Look Back in Anger, in a mere 17 days. It was a hard-hitting work that left audiences reeling and created a new symbol of the educated 1950s rebel, his character Jimmy Porter. The play and the resulting film (in 1962, starring "Richard Burton") provided the launching pad for a wide variety of socially conscious dramas. As a screenwriter, "Osborne" is best known for penning the Academy Award-winning screenplay adaptation of Fielding's "Tom Jones" (1963). Born in London to a father he adored and a mother... Full Biography
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