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Henry James (I) (1843–1916)

Henry James was born 15 April 1843, to a wealthy family. He was born in New York, New York USA. His parents were Henry James Sr. and Mary Robertson Walsh; He had one brother William James (January 11 1842-August 26 1910) and one sister Alice James. When Henry James was a young boy he would enjoy reading the classics of English, American, German, ... See full bio »

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What Maisie Knew
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(2012)
The Heiress
The Heiress Writer
(1949)
Affairs of the Heart
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(1974-1975)
The Wings of the Dove
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 2020 The Turning (novel "The Turn of the Screw") (post-production)
 2019 The Beast in the Jungle (novel)
 2018 The Aspern Papers (based on the novel by)
 2017 Post Tenebras Lux (TV Series)
 2016 La tutora
 2015 Através da Sombra (novel)
 2013 52 (TV Series) (original story - 1 episode)
- Henry James's the Liar (2013) ... (original story)
 2012 The Turn of the Screw (Video) (story by)
 2012 What Maisie Knew (based on the novel by)
 2010 The Aspern Papers (novella "The Aspern Papers")
 2009 The Turn of the Screw (TV Movie) (from original story by) / (story)
 2009 Il mistero del lago (TV Movie) (novel)
 2007 Le pendu (TV Movie) (novel "The Third Person")
 2007 Kin iro no tsubasa (TV Series) (novel)
 2006 La vie privée (short story "Private Life")
 2006 In a Dark Place (novel "The Turn of the Screw")
 2005 The Californians (novel "The Bostonians")
 2004 Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten (TV Movie) (novella - uncredited)
 2003 The Turn of the Screw (novel)
 2002 Die Freunde der Freunde (TV Movie) (novel)
 2001 Le tour d'écrou (TV Movie) (novella "The Turn of the Screw")
 2001 Owen Wingrave (TV Movie) (novella)
 2000 The Golden Bowl (novel)
 1999 The Turn of the Screw (TV Movie) (short story)
 1999 Presence of Mind (novel "The Turn of the Screw")
 1999 Nora (TV Movie) (novel)
 1998 The American (TV Movie) (novel "The American")
 1998 Under Heaven (novel "The Wings of the Dove")
 1997 Washington Square (novel)
 1997 The Wings of the Dove (novel)
 1996 Le fantôme de Longstaff (Short) (short story)
 1996 L'élève (story "The Pupil")
 1996 The Portrait of a Lady (novel)
 1995 Ce que savait Maisie (TV Movie) (novel "What Maisie Knew")
 1995 The Haunting of Helen Walker (TV Movie) (novel "The Turn of the Screw")
 1994 The Turn of the Screw (TV Movie) (after)
 1992 The Turn of the Screw (novel)
 1991 The Turn of the Screw: Britten (TV Movie) (based on a story by)
 1991 Els papers d'Aspern (novel "The Aspern Papers")
 1989 Great Performances (TV Series) (after - 1 episode)
- The Aspern Papers (1989) ... (after)
 1989 Nightmare Classics (TV Series) (based on the novel by - 1 episode)
- The Turn of the Screw (1989) ... (based on the novel by)
 1988 La bête dans la jungle (TV Movie) (novella "The Beast of the Jungle")
 1985 Otra vuelta de tuerca (novel "The Turn of the Screw")
 1985 American Playhouse (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- The Europeans (1985) ... (story)
 1984 The Bostonians (novel)
 1982 The Turn of the Screw (TV Movie) (novel)
 1982 Die Erbin (TV Movie) (novel)
 1982 Aspern (novel "The Aspern Papers")
 1981 Otra vuelta de tuerca (TV Mini-Series) (story - 3 episodes)
- Episode #1.3 (1981) ... (story)
- Episode #1.2 (1981) ... (story)
- Episode #1.1 (1981) ... (story)
 1981 I giochi del diavolo (TV Mini-Series) (short story "Sir Edmund Orme" - 1 episode)
- La presenza perfetta (1981) ... (short story "Sir Edmund Orme")
 1981 Les ailes de la colombe (based on "The Wings of the Dove" by)
 1981 Le ali della colomba (TV Mini-Series) (novel "The Wings of the Dove" - 3 episodes)
- Episode #1.3 (1981) ... (novel "The Wings of the Dove")
- Episode #1.2 (1981) ... (novel "The Wings of the Dove")
- Episode #1.1 (1981) ... (novel "The Wings of the Dove")
 1980 Novelle dall'Italia (TV Mini-Series) (story)
 1979 The Europeans (novel)
  BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) (novel - 2 episodes, 1977 - 1979) (novel "Washington Square" - 1 episode, 1969)
- The Wings of the Dove (1979) ... (novel)
- The Ambassadors (1977) ... (novel)
- The Heiress (1969) ... (novel "Washington Square")
 1979 Le destin de Priscilla Davies (TV Movie) (short story "Dans la cage")
  Novela (TV Series) (12 episodes, 1967 - 1978) (novel - 1 episode, 1967)
- Las bostonianas X (1978)
- Las bostonianas IX (1978)
- Las bostonianas VIII (1978)
- Las bostonianas VII (1978)
- Las bostonianas VI (1978)
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 1978 The Green Room (novellas: "The Altar of the Dead"and "The Beast in the Jungle")
 1976 Au théâtre ce soir (TV Series) (short story - 1 episode)
- L'héritière (1976) ... (short story)
  Nouvelles de Henry James (TV Series) (short story "Owen Wingrave" - 1 episode, 1976) (short story - 1 episode, 1976) (novella "De Grey, A Romance" - 1 episode, 1976) (short story "Georgina's Reasons" - 1 episode, 1975) (novella "The Pupil" - 1 episode, 1974) (novella "The Turn of the Screw" - 1 episode, 1974) (novella "The bench of desolation" - 1 episode, 1974)
- Un jeune homme rebelle (1976) ... (short story "Owen Wingrave")
- L'auteur de Beltraffio (1976) ... (short story)
- De Grey, un Récit romanesque (1976) ... (novella "De Grey, A Romance")
- Les raisons de Georgina (1975) ... (short story "Georgina's Reasons")
- Ce que savait Morgan (1974) ... (novella "The Pupil")
Show all 7 episodes
 1975 The Jolly Corner (TV Short) (story)
 1975 El quinto jinete (TV Series) (author - 1 episode)
- La renta espectral (1975) ... (author)
 1975 Washington Square (TV Movie) (novel)
 1975 Ritratto di signora (TV Mini-Series) (novel "The Portrait of a Lady" - 4 episodes)
- Episode #1.4 (1975) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
- Episode #1.3 (1975) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
- Episode #1.2 (1975) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
- Episode #1.1 (1975) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
  Affairs of the Heart (TV Series) (story "The Aspern Papers" - 1 episode, 1975) (story "The Great Condition" - 1 episode, 1975) (story "Daisy Miller" - 1 episode, 1975) (story "Nona Vincent" - 1 episode, 1975) (story "Wings of a Dove" - 1 episode, 1975) (story "The Bench of Desolation" - 1 episode, 1975) (story "An International Episode" - 1 episode, 1974) (story "Washington Square" - 1 episode, 1974) (story "Marriages" - 1 episode, 1974) (stories "The Tone of Time" and "The Real Thing" - 1 episode, 1974) (story "Covering End" - 1 episode, 1974) (story "Glasses" - 1 episode, 1974) (story "Lord Beauprey" - 1 episode, 1974)
- Miss Tita (1975) ... (story "The Aspern Papers")
- Elizabeth (1975) ... (story "The Great Condition")
- Daisy (1975) ... (story "Daisy Miller")
- Leonie (1975) ... (story "Nona Vincent")
- Milly (1975) ... (story "Wings of a Dove")
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 1975 Les ailes de la colombe (TV Movie) (play)
 1974 Celine and Julie Go Boating (Film-within-film based on stories by)
 1974 Daisy Miller (story)
  Ficciones (TV Series) (2 episodes, 1973 - 1974) (novel - 1 episode, 1973)
- La fortuna de Peter Crawford (1974)
- Owen Wingrave (1973)
- Los papeles de Aspern (1973) ... (novel)
 1974 The Turn of the Screw (TV Movie) (novel "The Turn of the Screw")
 1974 Le tour d'écrou (TV Movie) (novel "Turn of the Screw")
 1973 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series) (novel "The Aspern Papers" - 1 episode)
- The Mask of Love (1973) ... (novel "The Aspern Papers")
 1972 Il carteggio Aspern (TV Movie) (novel)
 1972 The Golden Bowl (TV Mini-Series) (novel - 6 episodes)
- End Game (1972) ... (novel)
- Maggie (1972) ... (novel)
- Fanny (1972) ... (novel)
- Charlotte (1972) ... (novel)
- Mr. Verver (1972) ... (novel)
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 1972 Victoria (novel "Washington Square")
 1972 Estudio 1 (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Daisy Miller (1972)
 1970-1971 Las grandes novelas (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- El retrato de Dorian Gray (1971)
- Plaza Washington (1970)
 1971 Pesnikova pisma (TV Movie)
 1971 Les papiers d'Aspern (TV Movie) (short story)
 1971 Obra completa (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- Cuatro encuentros (1971) ... (novel)
 1971 The Nightcomers (characters)
 1971 NET Opera Theater (TV Series) (after - 1 episode)
- Owen Wingrave (1971) ... (after)
 1970 The Spoils of Poynton (TV Mini-Series) (novel - 4 episodes)
- Retribution (1970) ... (novel)
- Trial of Strength (1970) ... (novel)
- Sharp Practice (1970) ... (novel)
- Pride of Possession (1970) ... (novel)
 1969 ITV Playhouse (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Beast in the Jungle (1969) ... (story)
 1968 What Maisie Knew (TV Series) (novel - 3 episodes)
- Pursuit and Capture (1968) ... (novel)
- Flight (1968) ... (novel)
- Shuttlecock (1968) ... (novel)
 1968 The Portrait of a Lady (TV Series) (novel "The Portrait of a Lady" - 6 episodes)
- Revelations (1968) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
- Dissensions (1968) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
- Decisions (1968) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
- Schemes (1968) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
- Bequests (1968) ... (novel "The Portrait of a Lady")
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 1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) (novel "Washington Square" - 1 episode)
- A Time to Love (1967) ... (novel "Washington Square")
  Festival (TV Series) (story The Third Person - 1 episode, 1966) (short story - 1 episode, 1961)
- Spirit of the Deed (1966) ... (story The Third Person)
- The Pupil (1961) ... (short story)
 1966 Historias para no dormir (TV Series) (short story - 1 episode)
- El muñeco (1966) ... (short story)
 1965 La redevance du fantôme (TV Movie) (novel) / (story)
 1965 The Ambassadors (TV Movie) (novel)
 1965 Thursday Theatre (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- The Wings of the Dove (1965) ... (novel)
 1964 Briefe eines toten Dichters (TV Movie) (play: 'The Aspern Papers')
  TV de Vanguarda (TV Series) (story - 1 episode, 1963) (novel - 1 episode, 1953)
- O Armário (1963) ... (story)
- A Herdeira (1953) ... (novel)
 1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- The Aspern Papers (1962) ... (novel)
 1962 Playdate (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- The Aspern Papers (1962) ... (novel)
 1962 Les bostoniennes (TV Movie) (novel)
 1962 Die sündigen Engel (TV Movie) (story "The Turn of the Screw")
 1962 Arvtagerskan (TV Movie) (novel "Washington Square")
 1961 The Innocents (based on the story "The Turn of the Screw")
 1961 The Heiress (TV Movie) (novel "Washington Square")
 1956-1960 Camera Three (TV Series) (story - 2 episodes)
- The Real Thing (1960) ... (story)
- Daisy Miller (1956) ... (story)
 1959 The Turn of the Screw (TV Movie) (based on the story by)
 1959 Startime (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- The Turn of the Screw (1959) ... (novel)
 1959 Berkeley Square (TV Movie) (story: The Sense of the Past - uncredited)
 1959 Playhouse 90 (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- The Wings of the Dove (1959) ... (novel)
 1958 L'ereditiera (TV Movie) (novel)
 1958 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) (novel "Washington Square" - 1 episode)
- The Heiress (1958) ... (novel "Washington Square")
 1958 Die Erbin (TV Movie) (novel: Washington Square)
  Matinee Theatre (TV Series) (novel - 5 episodes, 1955 - 1958) (story - 3 episodes, 1956 - 1957) (book "Turn of the Screw" - 1 episode, 1957)
- Washington Square (1958) ... (novel)
- The Third Person (1958) ... (novel)
- The Europeans (1958) ... (novel)
- The Tone of Time (1957) ... (novel)
- The Others (1957) ... (book "Turn of the Screw") / (story)
Show all 8 episodes
 1958 Folio (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- The Turn of the Screw (1958) ... (novel)
 1957 Armchair Theatre (TV Series) (novel "Washington Square" - 1 episode)
- The Heiress (1957) ... (novel "Washington Square")
 1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- The Bitter Waters (1956) ... (story)
  Encounter (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode, 1956) (novel "The Aspern Papers" - 1 episode, 1955)
- The American (1956) ... (novel)
- Garden in the Sea (1955) ... (novel "The Aspern Papers")
 1956 Die Tochter (TV Movie) (story)
 1955 London Playhouse (TV Series) (novel "The Aspern Papers" - 1 episode)
- A Garden in the Sea (1955) ... (novel "The Aspern Papers")
 1955 On Camera (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- The Liar (1955) ... (story)
 1955 Omnibus (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- The Turn of the Screw (1955) ... (novel - segment "The Turn of the Screw")
 1954 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) (novel "Washington Square" - 1 episode)
- The Heiress (1954) ... (novel "Washington Square")
 1954 The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) (novel "The Aspern Papers" - 1 episode)
- A Garden in the Sea (1954) ... (novel "The Aspern Papers")
 1952 Curtain Call (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- The Liar (1952) ... (story)
 1952 Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Four Meetings (1952) ... (story)
  Studio One in Hollywood (TV Series) (story - 3 episodes, 1949 - 1950) (novel - 2 episodes, 1951 - 1952)
- The Wings of the Dove (1952) ... (novel)
- The Ambassadors (1951) ... (novel)
- The Passionate Pilgrim (1950) ... (story)
- The Ambassadors (1950) ... (story)
- Berkeley Square (1949) ... (story)
 1951 I'll Never Forget You (story "The Sense of the Past" - uncredited)
 1951 The Prudential Family Playhouse (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Berkeley Square (1951) ... (story)
  Repertory Theatre (TV Series) (story - 2 episodes, 1950) (novel - 1 episode, 1950)
- The Pupil (1950) ... (story)
- The American (1950) ... (novel)
- The Marriages (1950) ... (story)
 1950 Cameo Theatre (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Point of View (1950) ... (writer)
 1949 The Heiress (suggested by the novel "Washington Square" by)
 1949 Your Show Time (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- The Real Thing (1949) ... (story)
 1948 Kraft Theatre (TV Series) (unfinished novel - 1 episode)
- Berkeley Square (1948) ... (unfinished novel)
 1948 Berkeley Square (TV Movie) (novel "The Sense of the Past")
 1947 The Lost Moment (based on the novel "The Aspern Papers")
 1933 Berkeley Square (unfinished novel "The Sense of the Past" - uncredited)

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