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Phyllis Bentley(1894-1977)

  • Writer
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Phyllis Bentley was born on 19 November 1894 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Inheritance (1967), Armchair Theatre (1956) and The Machine Breakers (1957). She died in June 1977 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
BornNovember 19, 1894
DiedJune 1977
BornNovember 19, 1894
DiedJune 1977
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Known for

John Thaw in Inheritance (1967)
Inheritance
8.1
TV Series
  • Writer
Armchair Theatre (1956)
Armchair Theatre
7.7
TV Series
  • Writer
The Machine Breakers
TV Series
  • Writer
Michael Aldridge, Frank Atkinson, Peter Augustine, Oliver Burt, Fanny Carby, Robert Desmond, Alan Dobie, Kenneth Gilbert, Rachel Gurney, Richard Johnson, Peter Sallis, Shaun Sutton, Patrick Troughton, and Jimmy Verner in The Heir of Skipton (1953)
The Heir of Skipton
TV Mini Series
  • Writer

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Writer

  • John Thaw in Inheritance (1967)
    Inheritance
    8.1
    TV Series
    • author
    • novels
    • 1967
  • Armchair Theatre (1956)
    Armchair Theatre
    7.7
    TV Series
    • short story
    • 1959
  • The Machine Breakers
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1957
  • The New Apprentice
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1956
  • The Coiners
    TV Movie
    • novel "Gold Pieces: Tales from the Tops"
    • 1954
  • Beckett Bould, Robert Cawdron, William Devlin, Thomas Heathcote, Shaun O'Riordan, Raymond Rollett, Peter Sallis, Lance Secretan, and Edward David in The New Shilling (1953)
    The New Shilling
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1953
  • Michael Aldridge, Frank Atkinson, Peter Augustine, Oliver Burt, Fanny Carby, Robert Desmond, Alan Dobie, Kenneth Gilbert, Rachel Gurney, Richard Johnson, Peter Sallis, Shaun Sutton, Patrick Troughton, and Jimmy Verner in The Heir of Skipton (1953)
    The Heir of Skipton
    TV Mini Series
    • novel
    • 1953
  • England's Wealth from Wool
    Short
    • commentary writer
    • 1948
  • West Riding (1946)
    West Riding
    6.5
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1946

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 19, 1894
    • Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • June 1977
    • Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Other works
    Novel: The House of Moreys".

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