thumb|Wedding of William Rose (in his [[Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada|Black Watch uniform) and Tania Price in 1943]]
William Rose (31 August 1918 – 10 February 1987) was an American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films.
Life
Rose was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. He traveled to Canada after the 1939 outbreak of World War II and volunteered to fight with the Black Watch. After being stationed at bases in Scotland and Europe, Rose returned to live in Britain at war's end to work as a screenwriter, marrying an English woman, Tania Price, with whom he would later collaborate. His marriage to Tania did not last.
After the couple separated/divorced, Tania returned to live in London in the autumn of 1967. She died in 2015, aged 95.
In the 1970s, Rose had a brief relationship with actress Katharine Hepburn.
Rose died in Jersey in 1987. He is buried in the Churchyard at St. Clement Parish Church, Jersey.
Career
Blessed with the ability to adapt to two distinct cultures, William Rose wrote a number of successful British comedies including Genevieve (1953). Rose became a working associate of American-born director Alexander Mackendrick, notably for his collaboration on The Maggie (US: High and Dry, 1954) and The Ladykillers (1955). Rose also won the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Comedy for The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966).
In 1973, Rose's lifetime achievements were recognized by the Writers Guild of America with their Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
Screenwriting awards
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Year
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Award
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Category
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Film
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Result
|-
| 1954
| rowspan="4"| Academy Awards
| Best Story and Screenplay
| Genevieve
|
|-
| 1957
| Best Screenplay – Original
| The Ladykillers
|
|-
| 1966
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium
| The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
|
|-
| 1967
| Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
|
|-
| 1954
| rowspan="6"| British Academy Film Awards
| rowspan="5"| Best British Screenplay
| The Maggie
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1955
| The Ladykillers
|
|-
| Touch and Go
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1957
| The Man in the Sky <small>(Shared with John Eldridge)</small>
|
|-
| The Smallest Show on Earth <small>(Shared with John Eldridge)</small>
|
|-
| 1968
| Best Screenplay
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
|
|-
| 1964
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards
| Best Motion Picture Screenplay
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World <small>(Shared with Tania Rose)</small>
|
|-
| 1966
| rowspan="2"| Golden Globe Awards
| rowspan="2"| Best Screenplay
| The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
|
|-
| 1967
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
|
|-
| 1967
| rowspan="5"| Writers Guild of America Awards
| rowspan="2"| Best Written American Comedy
| The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1968
| The Flim-Flam Man
|
|-
| Best Written American Drama
| rowspan="2"| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
|
|-
| Best Written American Original Screenplay
|
|-
| 1972
| Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
|
|
|}
Filmography
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=2| 1948
| Once a Jolly Swagman
| Jack Lee
| Credited with Jack Lee & Cliff Gordon
|-
| Esther Waters
| Ian Dalrymple<br>Peter Proud
| Credited with Michael Gordon & Gerard Tyrrell
|-
|rowspan=2| 1950
| I'll Get You for This
| Joseph M. Newman
| Credited with George Callahan
|-
| My Daughter Joy
| Gregory Ratoff
| Credited with Robert Thoeren
|-
| 1952
| Gift Horse
| Compton Bennett
| Credited with William Fairchild & Hugh Hastings
|-
| 1953
| Genevieve
| Henry Cornelius
|
|-
| 1954
| The Maggie
|rowspan=2| Alexander Mackendrick
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1955
| The Ladykillers
|
|-
| Touch and Go
| Michael Truman
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1957
| The Man in the Sky
| Charles Crichton
| Credited with John Eldridge
|-
| The Smallest Show on Earth
| Basil Dearden
| Credited with John Eldridge
|-
| 1963
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
| Stanley Kramer
| Credited with Tania Rose
|-
| 1966
| The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
| Norman Jewison
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1967
| The Flim-Flam Man
| Irvin Kershner
|
|-
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
|rowspan=2| Stanley Kramer
|
|-
| 1969
| The Secret of Santa Vittoria
|
|}