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Harold Pinter‌

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Harold Pinter

Hackney, London, England, UK

Harold Pinter

Hackney, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1930-10-10

Popularity

star3.6

Biography

Harold Pinter CH CBE (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993), and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others' works. Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was fined for refusing national service as a conscientious objector. Subsequently, he continued training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Ireland and England. In 1956 he married actress Vivien Merchant and had a son, Daniel, born in 1958. He left Merchant in 1975 and married author Lady Antonia Fraser in 1980. Pinter's career as a playwright began with a production of The Room in 1957. His second play, The Birthday Party, closed after eight performances, but was enthusiastically reviewed by critic Harold Hobson. His early works were described by critics as "comedy of menace". Later plays such as No Man's Land (1975) and Betrayal (1978) became known as "memory plays". He appeared as an actor in productions of his own work on radio and film. He also undertook a number of roles in works by other writers. He directed nearly 50 productions for stage, theatre and screen. Pinter received over 50 awards, prizes, and other honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005 and the French Légion d'honneur in 2007. Despite frail health after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in December 2001, Pinter continued to act on stage and screen, last performing the title role of Samuel Beckett's one-act monologue Krapp's Last Tape, for the 50th anniversary season of the Royal Court Theatre, in October 2006. He died from liver cancer on 24 December 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harold Pinter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Movie Credits

The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama‌
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calendar 2001

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park‌
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calendar 1999

Sleuth

Sleuth‌
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calendar 2007

Last to Go

Last to Go‌
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calendar 1969

The Servant

The Servant‌
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calendar 1963

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story‌
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calendar 2023

Catastrophe

Catastrophe‌
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calendar 2001

Against the War

Against the War‌
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calendar 1999

The Caretaker

The Caretaker‌
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calendar 1964

Mojo

Mojo‌
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calendar 1997

Rogue Male

Rogue Male‌
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calendar 1976

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape‌
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calendar 2007

In Camera

In Camera‌
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calendar 1964

One for the Road

One for the Road‌
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calendar 2001

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Harold Pinter:  A Celebration‌
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calendar 2010

Michael Redgrave: My Father

Michael Redgrave: My Father‌
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calendar 1997

Wit

Wit‌
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calendar 2001

Accident

Accident‌
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calendar 1967

Poets Against the Bomb

Poets Against the Bomb‌
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calendar 1981

Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary‌
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calendar 1985

Langrishe, Go Down

Langrishe, Go Down‌
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calendar 1978

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code‌
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calendar 1996

The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman

The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman‌
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calendar 1981

The Basement

The Basement‌
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calendar 1967

The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party‌
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calendar 1987

Art, Truth and Politics

Art, Truth and Politics‌
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calendar 2006

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer‌
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calendar 1970

A Night Out

A Night Out‌
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calendar 1960

This Week in Britain #199: The Caretaker

This Week in Britain #199: The Caretaker‌
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calendar 1962

Tv Credits

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show‌
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calendar 1978

The Culture Show

The Culture Show‌
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calendar 2004

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
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calendar 1956

NBC Experiment in Television

NBC Experiment in Television‌
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calendar 1967