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Godfrey Winn

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 132100

IMDb ID: nm0935333

Known for: Acting

Born: October 15, 1906

Died: June 19, 1971

Age: 64

Place of birth: King's Norton, Worcestershire, England

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1927 - 1972

Years active: 46

Average TMDB rating: 5.7

Wikidata: Q5576577

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Biography

Godfrey Herbert Winn (15 October 1906 – 19 June 1971) was an English journalist known as a columnist, and also a writer and actor. Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, he attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. His career as a theatre actor began as a boy at the Haymarket Theatre and he appeared in many plays and films. He went on to write a number of novels and biographical works, and became a star columnist for the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Express newspapers, where he wrote "Dear Abby" articles for lovelorn women. Journalists nicknamed him 'Winifred God' because of his popularity with women readers. Winn was gay and never married.

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