Diana Forbes-Robertson

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Diana Forbes-Robertson (born December 26, 1915 in London , † December 9, 1987 in London) was a British author. She came from a well-known family of actors.

Life

Diana Forbes-Robertson was the daughter of the famous English actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson and his wife Lady Gertrude. She spent her childhood in Kent, near Dover. In 1935 she married the well-known US journalist Vincent Sheean (1899–1975). The two often traveled together to political arenas such as Spain and Czechoslovakia. Forbes-Robertson wrote articles for the New York Herald Tribune. The two later wrote books together. With the beginning of the German air raids on London, the two alternative families in the USA mediated for English children. Eventually they got themselves to safety in New York. Sheean soon returned to England to report for the Saturday Evening Post. They divorced in 1946, but they remarried three years later. The couple had two daughters, one of whom became an actress in London.

Forbes-Robertson also worked as a freelance writer, for example for American Heritage magazine . She died of a stroke at St. Stephen's Hospital in London at the age of 72.

Works

  • 1941: War letters from Britain
  • 1941: The battle of Waterloo road , illustrated with photographs by Robert Capa
  • 1949: A cat and a king
  • 1963: Footlights for Jean
  • 1964: My aunt Maxine, The story of Maxine Elliot
  • 1977: Food and freedom for Spain. Send food to Spain!

literature

  • William D. Eppes: Papers about Diana Forbes-Robertson and Vincent Sheean, 1985-1988 . New York Public Library.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ McDowell
  2. ↑ Biography of the journalist Vincent Sheean ( memento of the original from September 23, 2006 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. (1899-1975) in Traces, We Bring History to Life @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.traces.org
  3. ↑ American Heritage Magazine ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 1976  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.americanheritage.com
  4. ^ Obituary in the New York Times of December 16, 1987 by Edwin McDowell : Diana Sheean, 72; Her Books Showed Britain in Wartime
personal data
SURNAME Forbes-Robertson, Diana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sheean, Diana (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1987
Place of death London