Oscar Wilde

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Biography

Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish novelist, poet, and writer of short stories and plays. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and then at…more

Born

10/16/1854, Dublin, Ireland

Died

11/30/1900

Birth Name

Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde

Gender

Male

Credits

Writer (2)

Role
- Play of the Month
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 9 An Ideal Husband
    5/11/69
  - S 9: Ep 6 The Importance of Being Earnest
    2/17/74
  - S 7: Ep 8 Lady Windermere's Fan
    5/14/72
- Matinee Theatre
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 98 The Importance of Being Earnest
    2/8/57
Story (16)

Role
- Play of the Month
  Story
  - S 12: Ep 1 The Picture of Dorian Gray
    9/19/76
- ABC Stage 67
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Canterville Ghost
    11/2/66
- Mystery and Imagination
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Canterville Ghost
    3/12/66
- Matinee Theatre
  Story
  - S 3: Ep 130 The Canterville Ghost
    4/15/58
- Suspicion
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 15 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
    1/13/58
- The United States Steel Hour
  Story
  - S 5: Ep 3 Who's Earnest?
    10/9/57
- Star Tonight
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Selfish Giant
    12/22/55
- Omnibus
  Story
  - S 4: Ep 10 Salome
    12/18/55
- Climax!
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 10 A Promise to Murder
    11/17/55
- Medallion Theatre
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Canterville Ghost
    11/21/53
- Your Favorite Story
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Canterville Ghost
    4/19/53
- Tales of Tomorrow
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Picture Of Dorian Gray
    1/23/53
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Canterville Ghost
    11/20/50
- Masterpiece Playhouse
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Importance of Being Earnest
    8/20/50
- Actors Studio
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Canterville Ghost
    9/28/49
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Importance of Being Earnest
    12/10/47

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- In 1895, Oscar Wilde was convicted of 'gross indecency' (i.e., homosexual acts) and sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. He was sent first to Pentonville and Wandsworth prisons in London, and then to another at Reading, in Berkshire. While there, he wrote his long poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
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- Wilde died at the Hôtel d'Alsace, in Paris. On his deathbed, he was accepted into the Roman Catholic church. A month before this, he had commented, "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go."
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- Oscar's father was Sir William Wilde, Ireland's leading ear and eye surgeon, who also wrote books on archaeology and folklore. Oscar's mother, Jane Francesca Elgee, Lady Wilde, called 'Speranza', was an Irish nationalist and writer.
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- Oscar Wilde: Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable.
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- Oscar Wilde: The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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- Oscar Wilde: Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography. (The Critic as Artist)
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