George Bernard Shaw
Born: 26-Jul-1856
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 2-Nov-1950
Location of death: Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England
Cause of death: Accident - Fall
Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered)
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Playwright
Nationality: Ireland
Executive summary: Irish dramatist and pamphleteer
Father: George Carr Shaw (corn miller)
Wife: Charlotte Payne-Townshend (heiress, m. 1898, d. 1943)
Administrator: London School of Economics
Nobel Prize for Literature 1925 (refused)
Oscar for Best Screenplay 1939 for Pygmalion
Fabian Society
International PEN
Traveled to the USSR Jul-1931
Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart
Risk Factors: Vegetarian
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Major Barbara (14-May-1941) · Himself
Appears on the cover of:
Life, 7-Feb-1944, DETAILS: Portrait by Karsh
Wrote plays:
The Devil's Disciple (1897)
Arms and the Man (1898)
Mrs Warren's Profession (1898)
Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1900)
Man and Superman (1902)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1901)
Major Barbara (1905)
Androcles and the Lion (1912)
Pygmalion (1913)
Heartbreak House (1919)
Saint Joan (1923)
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