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Josephine Tey biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Josephine Tey

Author Name:

Josephine Tey

Born As:

Elizabeth Mackintosh.

Other Names:

Josephine Tey, Gordon Daviot.

Born:

25 Jul 1896

Died:

13 Feb 1952




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Selected Works:

The Man in the Queue - or Killer in the Crowd - 1929, as Gordon Daviot

A Shilling for Candles - 1936, as Josephine Tey - the basis of Hitchcock's 1937 movie Young and Innocent

Miss Pym Disposes - 1946, as Josephine Tey
The Franchise Affair - 1948 - filmed in 1950 starring Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray
Brat Farrar - or Come and Kill Me - 1949
To Love and Be Wise - 1950
The Daughter of Time - 1951
The Singing Sands - 1952

Other Novels:

Kif: An Unvarnished History - 1929, as Gordon Daviot
The Expensive Halo - 1931
The Privateer - 1952

Biography:

Claverhouse - 1937, as Gordon Daviot - a life of the 17th-century cavalry leader John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee

Plays:
Richard of Bordeaux - 1932
The Laughing Woman - 1934

Dramatisations:

The Man In The Queue was broadcast in 1955, in an adaption by H.B.Fortuin
A Shilling For Candles broadcast in 1954, 1963 and 1969 adaption by Rex Rienits; in 1998 adaption by John Fletcher
Miss Pym Disposes broadcast 1952 adaption by Jonquil Antony and 1987 adaption by Elizabeth Proud
The Franchise Affair broadcast 1952, 1970 and 2005
The Franchise Affair TV: '58 - Robert Hall, serials '62 - Constance Cox and '88 - James Andrew Hall
Brat Farrar Broadcast '54,'59 and '80 - All adaptions Cyril Wentzel
Brat Farrar Televised 1986 adaption by James Andrew Hall
The Daughter of Time Broadcast 1952 - scriptwriter not credited and '82 - Neville Teller
The Singing Sands Broadcast 1956 - Bertram Parnaby Televised 1969 - James MacTaggart
Source: Radio Times Archive

Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey Mysteries:

An Expert in Murder - 2008
Angel with Two Faces - 2009
Two for Sorrow - 2010.                          
Mother Josephine née Horne
Father Colin Mackintosh                           
                          
Josephine was her mother's first name and Tey the surname of an English grandmother.