About

Known credits:
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Birthday:
1910-01-20
Place of birth:
Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]
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Joy Adamson

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joy Adamson (20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name.

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Known for

Acting

1961 Elsa the Lioness Actor Self N/A
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1948 R.U.R. Actor Sulla, a robotess 59
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Writing

1996 Born Free: A New Adventure Writing Author 59
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1966 Born Free Writing Book 60
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