Robert Bolt

Robert Oxton Bolt CBE (15 August 1924 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Robert Bolt
Born(1924-08-15)15 August 1924
Sale, Cheshire, England
Died20 February 1995(1995-02-20) (aged 70)
Chichester, Sussex, England
EducationManchester Grammar School; University of Manchester; University of Exeter
Notable works
  • Screenplays
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  • A Man for All Seasons (1966)
  • Ryan's Daughter (1970)
  • The Mission (1986)
  • Plays
  • A Man for All Seasons (1960)
  • Vivat! Vivat Regina! (1971)
Spouse
Celia Ann "Jo" Roberts
(m. 1948; div. 1963)
    (m. 1967; div. 1976)
      (m. 1988)
        Ann Queensberry
        (m. 1980; div. 1985)
        Children4
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