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St. John Legh Clowes

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St. John Legh Clowes
Born1907
Died1951
CitizenshipSouth African
Occupation(s)Writer and Director
Notable workGrand Prix

St. John Legh Clowes (1907–1951) was a South African writer and director.


Biography

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Clowes wrote the play Dear Murderer which was turned into a film.[1]

His parents - Captain Philip Cecil Clowes and Daphne Scholz, were married in Cape Town in 1903. (Daphne's sister Avice married actor/writer Roland Pertwee in 1911.) His grandfather, and namesake, was married to Elizabeth Caroline Bingham, the daughter of Denis Arthur Bingham, 3rd Baron Clanmorris.[2] His paternal aunt was the writer Elinor Mordaunt.

Clowes died in London in 1951.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "DEAR MURDERER". Film History. Vol. 15, no. 3. Sydney. 2003. p. 295.
  2. ^ "Person Page".
  3. ^ "NEWS IN BRIEF". The Irish Times. 10 April 1951. p. 4.
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