Bridget Boland
Bridget Mary Boland (born March 13, 1913 in London , † January 19, 1988 in Surrey ) was a British screenwriter and playwright .
Life
Roland was one of five daughters of the Irish politician John Pius Boland , who won the first two gold medals as a tennis player in 1896 . Her sister Honor Crowley was a well-known Irish politician. Bridget Roland enjoyed her education at the Convent of Sacred Herat private school in Roehampton and then studied at the University of Oxford . During World War II , she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service . There she wrote and organized various plays that were used to entertain the troupe.
She then wrote several plays, three novels and several scripts. For her script about Queen for a Thousand Days , she was nominated for an Oscar together with her co-authors John Hale and Richard Sokolove and also won the Golden Globe Award .
Filmography
- 1940: Laugh It Off
- 1940: Gaslight (Gaslight)
- 1941: Freedom Radio
- 1941: Our Heritage (This England)
- 1953: The Fake
- 1955: The Prisoner (The Prisoner)
- 1956: War and Peace (War and Peace)
- 1969: Queen for a Thousand Days (Anne of the Thousand Days)
Plays
- 1948: The Arabian Nights
- 1948: cockpit
- 1950: The Damascus Blade
- 1952: The Return (also: Journey to the Earth )
- 1954: The Prisoner
- The prisoner . Lucerne: Rex Verlag 1958.
- 1961: Gordon
- 1963: The Zodiac in the Establishment
- 1965: A Juan by Degrees
Novels
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The Wild Geese , 1938
- The wild geese . Leipzig: Insel Verlag 1938.
- Portrait of a Lady in Love , 1942
- Caterina , 1975
Web links
- Bridget Boland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boland, Bridget. British Film Institute Film & TV Database, accessed January 25, 2014 .
- ^ Acting is not for grown-ups . In: Catholic Herald . July 24, 1970, p. 3 ( catholicherald.co.uk ). Acting Is not for grown-ups ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Boland, Bridget. A Bit of History, accessed January 25, 2014 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Boland, Bridget |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boland, Bridget Mary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British screenwriter and playwright |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1988 |
Place of death | Surrey |