P. L. Travers
Novelist, Author
1899 – 1996
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Who was P. L. Travers?
Pamela Lyndon Travers OBE was an Australian-born British novelist, actress and journalist. In 1924 she emigrated to England where she wrote under the pen name P. L. Travers. In 1933 she began writing her series of children's novels about the mystical and magical English nanny Mary Poppins. Her popular books have been adapted many times, including the 1964 film starring Julie Andrews and the Broadway musical originally produced in London's West End.
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- Born
- Aug 9, 1899
Maryborough - Also known as
- Helen Goff
- Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Lived in
- Queensland
- Died
- Apr 23, 1996
London
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on July 23, 2013
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