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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Actor, Writer

Born May 7, 1927 in Cologne, Weimar Republic [now Germany]

Died April 3, 2013

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Biography

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (7 May 1927 – 3 April 2013) was a German-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant.

After meeting Cyrus Jhabvala in England, she married him and moved to India in 1951; Jhabvala was an Indian-Parsi architect. The couple lived in New Delhi and had three daughters. Jhabvala began then to elaborate her experiences in India and wrote novels and tales on Indian subjects. She wrote a dozen novels, 23 screenplays, and eight collections of short stories and was made a CBE in 1998 and granted a joint fellowship by BAFTA in 2002 with Ivory and Merchant.She is the only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar.

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7 wins and 10 nominations

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Actor

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Type

Year

Merchant Ivory Poster

Merchant Ivory Feature Film2024Self

Design in Mind: On Location with James Ivory TV Special2019Self - Writer

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2014Self - Writer

James Ivory Documentary2004Self

Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' Poster

Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' Documentary2001Self

In Ismail's Custody Documentary1994Writer

Howards End: Featurette Documentary1992Self

The Wandering Company Poster

The Wandering Company Documentary1984Self - Writer

The South Bank Show Poster

The South Bank Show TV Series1978Self

60 Minutes Poster

60 Minutes TV Series1968Self - Screenwriter

Writer

27

Type

Year

The City of Your Final Destination Poster

The City of Your Final Destination Feature Film2009

The Divorce Poster

The Divorce Feature Film2003

The Golden Bowl Poster

The Golden Bowl Feature Film2000

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Poster

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Feature Film1998

Surviving Picasso Poster

Surviving Picasso Feature Film1996

Jefferson in Paris Poster

Jefferson in Paris Feature Film1995

The Remains of the Day Poster

The Remains of the Day Feature Film1993

Howards End Poster

Howards End Feature Film1992

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Poster

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Feature Film1990

Madame Sousatzka Poster

Madame Sousatzka Feature Film1988

A Room with a View Poster

A Room with a View Feature Film1985

The Bostonians Poster

The Bostonians Feature Film1984

Heat and Dust Poster

Heat and Dust Feature Film1983

The Courtesans of Bombay Poster

The Courtesans of Bombay Documentary1983

American Playhouse Poster

American Playhouse TV Series1982

Quartet Feature Film1981

Jane Austen in Manhattan Poster

Jane Austen in Manhattan Feature Film1980

The Europeans Poster

The Europeans Feature Film1979

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures Poster

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures TV Movie1978

Roseland Poster

Roseland Feature Film1977

Autobiography of a Princess Poster

Autobiography of a Princess Feature Film1975

The Place of Peace TV Movie1975

ABC Afterschool Specials Poster

ABC Afterschool Specials TV Series1972

Bombay Talkie Poster

Bombay Talkie Feature Film1970

The Guru Poster

The Guru Feature Film1969

Shakespeare-Wallah Poster

Shakespeare-Wallah Feature Film1965

The Householder Poster

The Householder Feature Film1963

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Street Musicians of Bombay Poster

Street Musicians of Bombay Documentary1994

Streetwise Poster

Streetwise Documentary1984

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