--- name: "Terence Rattigan" canonical: "https://film.one/person/terence-rattigan" roles: ["Writer"] born: "10 June 1911" died: "30 November 1977" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "writer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T03:34:26.566278+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Terence Rattigan Writer. Born 10 June 1911 in South Kensington, London, England, UK. Died 30 November 1977. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 10 June 1911, South Kensington, London, England, UK - **Died:** 30 November 1977 - **Active:** 1958–2011 - **Also known as:** Terrence Rattigan - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 74 (1), 2010s 82 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rattigan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544627, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137992 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Separate Tables*](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Terence Rattigan was a British dramatist and screenwriter. Born in South Kensington, London, he was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford, before becoming a full-time playwright in 1934. His stage works include *French Without Tears* (1936), *The Winslow Boy* (1946), *The Browning Version* (1948), *The Deep Blue Sea* (1952) and *Separate Tables* (1954). He adapted several of his plays for the screen, including *The Winslow Boy* (1948), *The Browning Version* (1951) and *Separate Tables* (1958), and wrote original screenplays such as *The Sound Barrier* (1952), *The V.I.P.s* (1963) and *The Yellow Rolls-Royce* (1964). Rattigan was appointed CBE in 1958 and knighted in 1971. He died in 1977. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, britannica.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Deep Blue Sea* (2011), Fi1m 82, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deep-blue-sea.md) - *Separate Tables* (1958), Fi1m 74, Screenplay, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md) ## Complete filmography (54) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *National Theatre at Home: Man and Boy* (2026), Writer - *National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea* (2016), Writer - *The Deep Blue Sea* (2011), Theatre Play — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-deep-blue-sea.md) - *The Winslow Boy* (1999), Theatre Play - *The Deep Blue Sea* (1994), Writer - *The Browning Version* (1994), Theatre Play - *After the Dance* (1992), Writer - *The Winslow Boy* (1989), Writer - *Cause Célèbre* (1987), Writer - *The Browning Version* (1985), Theatre Play - *Theatre Night* (1985), series, Theatre Play - *Separate Tables* (1983), Theatre Play - *The Winslow Boy* (1977), Writer - *French Without Tears* (1976), Writer - *Bequest to the Nation* (1973), Writer - *High Summer* (1972), Writer - *Alta comedia* (1970), series, Theatre Play - *Separate Tables* (1970), Theatre Play - *El chico de los Winslow* (1970), Writer - *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1969), Screenplay - *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, Writer - *All On Her Own* (1968), Writer - *Mesas separadas* (1967), Writer - *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Writer - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Theatre Play, Writer, Author - *The Yellow Rolls-Royce* (1964), Screenplay - *The V.I.P.s* (1963), Writer - *Handen på hjärtat* (1962), Writer - *Heart to Heart* (1962), Writer - *Adventure Story* (1961), Writer - *Diana går på jakt* (1960), Writer - *Separate Tables* (1958), Screenplay, Theatre Play — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md) - *The Prince and the Showgirl* (1957), Screenplay, Theatre Play - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer - *The Deep Blue Sea* (1955), Theatre Play, Screenplay - *The Man Who Loved Redheads* (1955), Screenplay, Theatre Play - *The United States Steel Hour* (1953), series, as Harold Russ - *The Final Test* (1953), Screenplay - *The Sound Barrier* (1952), Writer - *The Browning Version* (1951), Screenplay, Theatre Play - *The Winslow Boy* (1948), Screenplay, Theatre Play - *Bond Street* (1948), Writer - *Brighton Rock* (1948), Screenplay - *While the Sun Shines* (1947), Writer - *Journey Together* (1945), Story - *The Way to the Stars* (1945), Story, Screenplay - *English Without Tears* (1944), Writer - *Uncensored* (1942), Screenplay - *The Day Will Dawn* (1942), Screenplay, Treatment - *Quiet Wedding* (1941), Writer - *French Without Tears* (1940), Writer - *Gypsy* (1936), Writer - *The Belles of St. Clements* (1936), Writer - *A Touch of Venus*, series, Writer ## Gallery - ![Sir Terence Rattigan taken in his suite at Claridges Hotel London (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/461017/gallery-228434517fff.jpg) Sir Terence Rattigan taken in his suite at Claridges Hotel London (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sir_Terence_Rattigan_6_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Sir_Terence_Rattigan_6_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![portrait of Sir Terence Rattigan (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/461017/gallery-993aec4241ac.jpg) portrait of Sir Terence Rattigan (1974) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Terence_Rattigan_colour.jpg/1280px-Terence_Rattigan_colour.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sir Terence Rattigan taken in his suite at Claridges Hotel London (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/461017/gallery-8500655d6b63.jpg) Sir Terence Rattigan taken in his suite at Claridges Hotel London (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sir_Terence_Rattigan_8_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Sir_Terence_Rattigan_8_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Terence Rattigan in his suite at Claridges.. (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/461017/gallery-f685f5008b97.jpg) Terence Rattigan in his suite at Claridges.. (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sir_Terence_Rattigan_3_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Sir_Terence_Rattigan_3_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sir Terence Rattigan in his suite at Claridges Hotel London (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/461017/gallery-5974a9857d74.jpg) Sir Terence Rattigan in his suite at Claridges Hotel London (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sir_Terence_Rattigan_4_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Sir_Terence_Rattigan_4_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sir Terence Rattigan taken in his suite at Claridges Hotel London (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/461017/gallery-bf65d890da31.jpg) Sir Terence Rattigan taken in his suite at Claridges Hotel London (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Sir_Terence_Rattigan_12_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Sir_Terence_Rattigan_12_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 1959: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Separate Tables* - 1953: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Sound Barrier* ### Other awards — 1 won - Best Screenplay Award 1951: Best Screenplay Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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