Ronald Harwood is a Scriptwriter and Producer Sud africain born on 9 november 1934 at Cape Town (South africa)
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Birth name Ronald HorwitzNationality South africaBirth 9 november 1934 at Cape Town (
South africa)
Death 8 september 2020 (at 85 years)
Awards Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Sir Ronald Harwood, CBE, FRSL (born Ronald Horwitz; 9 November 1934) is an author, playwright and screenwriter. He is most noted for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).
Biography
He attended the Seapoint Boys' High School in that area of Cape Town. He moved to England in 1951. In 1959, he married Natasha Riehle (1938–2013), a descendant of Russian nobility. They had three children: Antony (born 1960), Deborah (born 1963), and Alexandra (born 1966).
The actor Sir Antony Sher is his cousin. He is the brother of South African dance critic Eve Borland.
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