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Michael Voysey

1920 – 1987

English screenwriter

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Lived 1920 – 1987 (aged 66–67). Michael Voysey was a British screenwriter, film actor, television writer and film screenwriter.

Michael Voysey (1920 in Grimsby − 1987 in Colchester) was an English playwright and writer for television programmes.

As a playwright, he created My Astonishing Self from the works of George Bernard Shaw. He also wrote The Amorous Goldfish and adapted Marguerite by Armand Salacrou

Works As a television writer he wrote the following: Father Brown (1974), television series (adaptation) Cheri (1973), television Cranford (1972), television Wives and Daughters (1971), television miniseries (adaptation) Imperial Palace (1969), television Middlemarch (1968), television miniseries (adaptation) "A Place of One's Own", an episode of Mystery and Imagination (1968) The White Rabbit (1967), television series adapted by Voysey from the novels by Bruce Marshall The Woman in White (1966), television series (writer) Mr. John Jorrocks (1966), television series (writer) The Old Wives' Table (1964), television Suspense (1962), television series (writer) Persuasion (1960), television miniseries Barnaby Rudge (1960), television series (writer) Hilda Lessways (1959), television (adaptation) The Royalty (1957), television series (writer) "The Present", an episode of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1956)

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Who was Michael Voysey?

English screenwriter

When was Michael Voysey born?

Michael Voysey was born in 1920.

When did Michael Voysey die?

Michael Voysey died in 1987.

What was Michael Voysey's occupation?

Michael Voysey was a screenwriter, film actor, television writer and film screenwriter.

What nationality was Michael Voysey?

Michael Voysey was British.

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· Wikipedia: Michael Voysey

· Wikidata: Q15461343

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