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Sidney Gilliat Biography and Timeline

Follow Sidney Gilliat through 8 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Sidney Gilliat, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

8Distinct records
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1906–1997Years on this page

1906

Birth of Frank Launder

Arts / Cinema

Birth of Frank Launder

1938

The Lady Vanishes

Arts / Cinema

The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder from the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White

1954

The Belles of St Trinians

Arts / Cinema

Writer & Diector of The Belles of St Trinians

1956

The Green Man

Arts / Cinema

The Green Man is a 1956 British comedy-drama film based on the play Meet A Body by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, who produced and adapted the big-screen version

1957

Blue Murder at St Trinians

Arts / Cinema

Writer & Diector of Blue Murder at St Trinians

1960

The Pure Hell of St Trinians

Arts / Cinema

Writer & Diector of The Pure Hell of St Trinians

1966

The Great St Trinians Train Robbery

Arts / Cinema

Writer & Diector of The Great St Trinians Train Robbery

1997

Death of Sidney Gilliat

Arts / Cinema

Death of Frank Launder

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.