Charles Jarrott, British film and television director (Anne of the Thousand Days), died from prostate cancer he was , 83.

harles Jarrott was a British film and television director died from prostate cancer he was , 83.. He was best known for costume dramas he directed for producer Hal B. Wallis, among them Anne of the Thousand Days, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Director in 1970 died from prostate cancer he was , 83..

(16 June 1927 – 4 March 2011)


Although Anne was nominated for several awards, critic Pauline Kael wrote in her book Reeling (Warner Books, p. 198), that as a director, Jarrott had no style or personality, and that he was just "a traffic manager".

Selected filmography

• Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
• Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
• Lost Horizon (1973)
• The Dove (1974)
• Escape from the Dark (1976)
• The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
• The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
• Condorman (1981)
• The Amateur (1981)
• The Boy in Blue (1986)
• The Secret Life of Algernon (1997)
• Turn of Faith (2001)

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