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- Birth nameJohn Robert Fowles
- John Fowles was born on March 31, 1926 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Collector (1965), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) and Bilanggo sa dilim (1986). He was married to Sarah Smith and Elizabeth Whitton. He died on November 5, 2005 in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK.
- SpousesSarah Smith(1998 - November 5, 2005) (his death)Elizabeth Whitton(1954 - 1990) (her death)
- The best-selling author was more celebrated in the United States than in England, which may explain why he often described himself as living in exile in his own country.
- He was an only child for the first 15 years of his life. When his sister Hazel was born he had a nervous breakdown and had to leave school for a semester.
- He met his first wife when they were both working as teachers at a private school on a Greek island; she was already married, but he persuaded her to leave her husband and marry him instead. They were an extremely devoted (childless) couple, and her death, which came within a few days of her being diagnosed with a hitherto-unsuspected cancer, came as a great blow to him.
- In spite of all our advances in technology we are, outside our narrow professional fields, mentally one of the laziest and most sheep-like ages that has ever existed.
- [on the possibility of casting Charlotte Rampling in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) under Fred Zinnemann's direction] We went to see The Night Porter (1974) in Audley Square- Fred had it run so that we could see Charlotte Rampling. A very sick film; playing on female bondage and Nazi sadism--the others would have walked out, but I took a sort of natural interest in it, since so many values were being trotted out. The girl herself has a very striking face, slightly gaunt, with bruised eyes. I can grasp what Fred sees in her. But there is no evidence that she can act.
- I think the common man is the curse of civilization, not its crowning glory.
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