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Jack Rosenthal

Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born September 8, 1931Died May 29, 2004 (72 years)
Jack Morris Rosenthal was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.

A street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester is named after him, appropriately next to a centre of contemporary art, theatre and film that opened in 2015, HOME.

Known For

  • Yentl
  • Continental Divide
  • Kipperbang
  • London's Burning
  • The Chain
  • Ready When You Are Mr. McGill
  • Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
  • The Knowledge
  • The Lovers!
  • Interview Day
  • Captain Jack
  • Those Glory Glory Days
  • The Duchess of Duke Street
  • Coronation Street
  • London's Burning
  • Lucky Jim
  • Arthur's Hallowed Ground
  • The Lucky Star
  • Cold Enough for Snow
  • Play for Today
  • Forever Young
  • Secrets

Filmography

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