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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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My Daughter Joy
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Lucky Nick Cain
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Decision Against Time
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30% The Girl in Room 2A
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Filmography

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The Girl in Room 2A 30% 1974 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 71% 85% 1967 Writer The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! 83% 75% 1966 Writer Olga's House of Shame 20% 1964 Cinematographer It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 69% 83% 1963 Writer The Smallest Show on Earth 68% 1957 Writer Decision Against Time 1956 Screenwriter The Ladykillers 100% 87% 1955 Screenwriter The Maggie 80% 65% 1954 Screenwriter Genevieve 86% 75% 1953 Writer Lucky Nick Cain 1951 Screenwriter My Daughter Joy 1950 Screenwriter
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