Alan Bennett
Born May 9, 1934 (92 years old)·Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK·Male
Biography
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968.
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His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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the most rated titles across all credits
Filmography
121 credits across 100 titlesWriting
47 creditsActing
42 creditsCreator
4 creditsDirecting
2 creditsProduction
1 creditCrew
1 creditAs self
24 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
