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Terence Rattigan
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Screenwriter, Play Author Born: June 10, 1911 in London, England, UK Death: November 30, 1977 in Hamilton, Bermuda Biography:Terence Rattigan was that relative rarity among the ranks of playwrights: a major theater author who was almost equally successful as a screenwriter, and one of a very few playwrights of his era privileged to adapt his own stage work to the screen on a regular basis. Born in London in 1911, the son of Frank Rattigan, a career diplomat, Terence Rattigan was of upper-class Irish descent on both sides, with renowned scholarly and intellectual achievements on the part of both his mother's and his father's ancestors. Though his parents came from socially and professionally prominent backgrounds, they were not wealthy, and they depended upon the living provided by his father's service in the diplomatic corps. Alas, as Frank Rattigan's mercurial personality gradually became more unpredictable -- and eventually cost him his career and his marriage -- Terence faced an uncertain future. The elder Rattigan hoped... Full Biography
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