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Christopher Hassall(1912-1963)

  • Writer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Christopher Hassall was born on 24 March 1912 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Gosford Park (2001), My Week with Marilyn (2011) and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008). He was married to Eve Lynett. He died on 25 April 1963 in Rochester, Kent, England, UK.
BornMarch 24, 1912
DiedApril 25, 1963(51)
BornMarch 24, 1912
DiedApril 25, 1963(51)
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Known for

Gosford Park (2001)
Gosford Park
7.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 2001
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn (2011)
My Week with Marilyn
6.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 2011
Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst, Simon Pegg, and Megan Fox in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
6.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 2008
Errol Flynn and Anna Neagle in King's Rhapsody (1955)
King's Rhapsody
4.7
  • Writer
  • 1955

Credits

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Writer

  • The Merry Widow (1988)
    The Merry Widow
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • english adaptation
    • 1988
  • The Merry Widow (1968)
    The Merry Widow
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • English version
    • 1968
  • Gay Operetta
    TV Series
    • English adaptation
    • 1959
  • Tomorrow Mr. Tompion! And About Time Too!
    TV Movie
    • from a radio play by
    • 1958
  • The Merry Widow
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1958
  • Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)
    This Is Your Life
    6.4
    TV Series
    • writer: verse tribute to John Logie Baird
    • 1957
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1956
  • Alec Clunes in Brighton Story (1955)
    Brighton Story
    7.7
    Short
    • written by
    • 1955
  • Errol Flynn and Anna Neagle in King's Rhapsody (1955)
    King's Rhapsody
    4.7
    • screenplay
    • 1955

Music Department

  • Song by Song (1977)
    Song by Song
    6.3
    TV Series
    • lyrics
    • 1980
  • Anne Fielding in Folio (1955)
    Folio
    6.1
    TV Series
    • lyrics
    • 1959
  • June Laverick in Musical Playhouse (1959)
    Musical Playhouse
    7.4
    TV Series
    • lyricist
    • 1959
  • King's Rhapsody
    TV Movie
    • lyrics by
    • 1957
  • Mary Ellis, Victor Jory, and Otto Kruger in Glamorous Night (1937)
    Glamorous Night
    5.5
    • lyrics by
    • 1937

Actor

  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 24, 1912
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • April 25, 1963
    • Rochester, Kent, England, UK(suicide)
  • Spouse
    • Eve Lynett? - April 25, 1963 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
    • Imogen Hassall
  • Other works
    He acted in the play, "Programme of Poetry and Music", in an Apollo Society production at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England with Edith Evans in the cast.
  • Publicity listings
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Did you know

  • Trivia
    Actor, dramatist, lyricist and poet, who formed a famous musical partnership with the composer Ivor Novello. Father of the actress Imogen Hassall, who, like him, would die by suicide..

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