Harold Pinter

(1930-2008)

British playwright

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Harold Pinter (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.

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Born	Harold Pinter 10 October 1930 Hackney, East London, England
Died	24 December 2008 (aged 78) West London, England
Zodiac	Libra
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Vivien Merchant 1929-1982 · English actress · m. 1956; div. 1980 info edit

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Antonia Fraser 1932- · British author and novelist · m. 1980 info edit

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