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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

WriterActor May 7 (died age 85) Cologne, Weimar Republic [now Germany] 1963–2009 (46 year career)
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Biography

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (7 May 1927 – 3 April 2013) was a German-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant. After meeting Cyrus Jhabvala in England, she married him and moved to India in 1951; Jhabvala was an Indian-Parsi architect. The couple lived in New Delhi and …

Known For

The Remains of the Day
Film

The Remains of the Day

Screenplay
A Room with a View
Film

A Room with a View

Screenplay
Howards End
Film

Howards End

Screenplay
Surviving Picasso
Film

Surviving Picasso

Screenplay
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Film

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Screenplay
The Golden Bowl
Film

The Golden Bowl

Writer
Le Divorce
Film

Le Divorce

Writer
The City of Your Final Destination
Film

The City of Your Final Destination

Screenplay

Filmography