Muriel Box(1905-1991)

Writer
Director
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Muriel Box was born on 22 September 1905 in New Malden, Surrey [now in Kingston upon Thames, London], England, UK. She was a writer and director, known for Le septième voile (1945), The Happy Family (1952) and Au coin de la rue (1953). She was married to Gerald Gardiner and Sydney Box. She died on 18 May 1991 in London, England, UK.

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Won 1 Oscar
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Le septième voile

6.7

Writer

1945

The Happy Family

6.6

Writer

1952

Au coin de la rue

6.7

Writer

1953

L'étranger amoureux

6.2

Writer

1957

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Writer

Au théâtre ce soir
7.7
TV Series
- play
- 1970
Too Young to Love
5.9
- screenplay
- 1960
La vérité sur les femmes
6.0
- screenplay
- 1957
L'étranger amoureux
6.2
- original screenplay
- 1957
The United States Steel Hour
7.9
TV Series
- previous screenplay
- 1955
Au coin de la rue
6.7
- screenplay
- 1953
The Happy Family
6.6
- screenplay
- 1952
The Lost People
6.3
- additional scenes
- 1949
Christophe Colomb
6.0
- writer
- 1949
Le Mystère du camp 27
6.7
- screenplay
- 1949
Here Come the Huggetts
6.2
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1948
The Blind Goddess
6.3
- screenplay
- 1948
Les ailes brûlées
6.5
- writer
- 1948
Daybreak
6.7
- screenplay
- 1948
Easy Money
6.1
- screenplay
- 1948

Director

Rattle of a Simple Man
6.7
- Director
- 1964
The Piper's Tune
6.9
- Director
- 1962
Too Young to Love
5.9
- Director
- 1960
This Other Eden
6.7
- Director
- 1959
Cri d'angoisse
5.7
- Director
- 1959
La vérité sur les femmes
6.0
- Director
- 1957
L'étranger amoureux
6.2
- Director
- 1957
Eyewitness
6.3
- Director
- 1956
Simon et Laura
6.4
- Director
- 1955
To Dorothy, a Son
5.6
- Director
- 1954
Le vagabond des îles
6.2
- Director
- 1954
A Prince for Cynthia
Short
- Director
- 1953
Au coin de la rue
6.7
- Director
- 1953
The Happy Family
6.6
- Director
- 1952
The English Inn
6.2
Short
- Director (as Muriel Baker)
- 1941

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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Alternative name
- Muriel Baker
Born
- September 22, 1905
- New Malden, Surrey [now in Kingston upon Thames, London], England, UK
Died
- May 18, 1991
- London, England, UK(undisclosed)
Spouses
Other works
Stage: Wrote (w/Sydney Box) "The Seventh Veil," performed at the Princes' Theatre in London, England, with Ann Todd, Leo Genn, Herbert Lom and Ralph Michael in the cast.
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A failed actress who began as a typist in the scenario department of British Instructional Films. With her husband, Sydney, she produced over 100 one-act plays. Active as playwright and screenwriter during the 1940s and 1950s. With Sydney, founded London Independent Producers. Directed 15 films between 1949 and 1964, alternating comedies and dramas.

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