Bryan Forbes
Film director
1926 – 2013
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Who was Bryan Forbes?
Bryan Forbes, CBE was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist, described as a "Renaissance man" and "one of the most important figures in the British film industry". Best known as the director of the film The Stepford Wives, he wrote and directed several other critically acclaimed films, including Whistle Down the Wind, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, and King Rat. He also scripted several films directed by others The League of Gentlemen, The Angry Silence and Only Two Can Play.
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- Born
- Jul 22, 1926
Stratford, London - Also known as
- John Theobald Clarke
- Bryan Forbes CBE
- Turk Thrust
- Brian Forbes
- Spouses
- Nanette Newman
(1955/08/27 - 2013/05/08) - Constance Smith
(1951/02/10 - 1955)
- Nanette Newman
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Died
- May 8, 2013
Virginia Water
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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