Penelope Gilliatt was born on March 25, 1932 in London, England as Penelope Ann Douglass Conner. She was a writer, known for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), The Western (1959) and Contrasts (1967). She was married to John Osborne and Dr. Roger William Gilliatt. She died on May 9, 1993 in London.
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[on It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)]: "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" is about greed and femin...Show more »
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