Joyce Cary(1888-1957)

Writer

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Joyce Cary was born on 7 December 1888 in Londonderry, Ireland. He was a writer, known for Sa vie secrète (1936), Le Sorcier noir (1946) and Secret People (1952). He died on 29 March 1957 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

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Known for

Kay Francis in Sa vie secrète (1936)

Sa vie secrète

6.7

Writer(as Jay Mallory)

1936

Le Sorcier noir (1946)

Le Sorcier noir

5.6

Writer

1946

Secret People (1952)

6.2

Writer

1952

Alec Guinness in De la bouche du cheval (1958)

De la bouche du cheval

6.9

Writer

1958

Credits

Writer

The Girls
6.6
Short
- story
- 2007
Mister Johnson
6.4
- novel
- 1990
De la bouche du cheval
6.9
- novel
- 1958
Secret People
6.2
- with acknowledgements to
- 1952
Studio One
7.5
TV Series
- story
- 1950
Le Sorcier noir
5.6
- story
- 1946
Sa vie secrète
6.7
- play "Sweet Aloes" (as Jay Mallory)
- 1936

Personal details

Alternative name
- Jay Mallory
Born
- December 7, 1888
- Londonderry, Ireland
Died
- March 29, 1957
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Other works
Stage: His novel, "Mister Johnson," was adapted by Norman Rosten at the Lyric Theatre in London, England, with Johnny Sekka, Cyril Raymond, Philip Bond, and John Boxer in the cast. Frith Banbury was director.

Did you know

Trivia
His third child is the British film composer Tristram Cary.

Quotes
Fame isn't a thing. It's a feeling. Like what you get after a pill.

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