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Wolf Mankowitz

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Wolf Mankowitz · Arts & Literature

What

British screenwriter of A Kid for Two Farthings and The Millionairess

When

1924, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom — 1998, County Cork, Ireland

Where

United Kingdom · Ireland

Biography

Wolf Mankowitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — British screenwriter of A Kid for Two Farthings and The Millionairess

How & why

Mankowitz was a British writer, playwright, and screenwriter whose works include the novella and screenplay 'A Kid for Two Farthings' and the screenplay for 'The Millionairess', alongside plays and an early Bond adaptation. He was born into a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in London's East End and often drew on Jewish life in his fiction.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters

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British screenwriter of A Kid for Two Farthings and The Millionairess

1955

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters