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William Rose

Highest Rated: 100% The Ladykillers (1955)

Lowest Rated: 69% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Birthday: Dec 12, 1914

Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

American-born writer who, from the late 1940s, wrote several quintessentially English comedies including "Genevieve" (1953), "The Maggie" 1954 and "The Ladykillers" (1955). Rose returned to America in the late 1950s and wrote several entertaining Hollywood romps, making a successful foray into drama with "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967).

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Highest rated movies

100% 87% The Ladykillers
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86% 75% Genevieve
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83% 75% The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
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80% 65% The Maggie
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71% 85% Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Watchlist
69% 83% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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Lucky Nick Cain
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My Daughter Joy
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Decision Against Time
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30% The Girl in Room 2A
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 30% The Girl in Room 2A Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1974
71% 85% Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Writer - 1967
83% 75% The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Writer - 1966
No Score Yet 20% Olga's House of Shame Cinematographer - 1964
69% 83% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Writer - 1963
No Score Yet 68% The Smallest Show on Earth Writer - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Decision Against Time Screenwriter - 1956
100% 87% The Ladykillers Screenwriter $22.2K 1955
80% 65% The Maggie Screenwriter - 1954
86% 75% Genevieve Writer - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lucky Nick Cain Screenwriter - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Daughter Joy Screenwriter - 1950