Dodie Smith
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Henry Percy, C. L. Anthony, Dorothy Gladys Smith, Dorothy Gladys Beesley, Dorothy Beesley, Dodie Beesley
English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)
OverviewAI-generated
Dodie Smith was an author who began her work period in 1931. She also wrote under the pseudonym C. L. Anthony. Her bibliography includes works such as *It ends with revelations*, *Walt Disneys the Lucky Puppy*, *Service*, and *Disney*. One of her recorded quotes is, "The family—that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape."
Smith was born on 3 May 1896 and died on 24 November 1990. She is associated with the US. Her body of work comprises 121 titles, with five works listed in Crossref records.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 3 May 1896
- Died
- 24 November 1990
- Works
- 121
Top works
- It ends with revelations
- Walt Disneys the Lucky Puppy
- הטירה היא שלי
- Service
- Disney
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 54
- Total plays
- 420
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dodie+Smith">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,627x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,293x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,438x
- GROMACS: High performance molecular simulations through multi-level parallelism from laptops to supercomputers
· 2015 · cited 25,281x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,406x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “The family—that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape.”
- “[E]xtreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Dorothy Gladys Smith , ( 1896-05-03 ) 3 May 1896, Whitefield , Lancashire , England
- Died
- 24 November 1990 (1990-11-24) (aged 94), Uttlesford , Essex , England
- Pen name
- C. L. Anthony , Charles Henry Percy
- Occupation
- Novelist playwright
- Language
- English
- Nationality
- British
- Education
- St Paul's Girls' School , Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Genre
- Children's literature
- Notable works
- The Hundred and One Dalmatians I Capture the Castle
- Spouse
- Alec Macbeth Beesley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; died 1987 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Whitefield
- Place of death
- Finchingfield
- Educated at
- St Paul's Girls' School
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1896-05-03
- date of death
- 1990-11-24
- pseudonym
- C. L. Anthony
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- archives at
- Boston University
- name in native language
- Dodie Smith
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include Dear Octopus (1938) and The Starlight Barking (1967). The Hundred and One Dalmatians was adapted into a 1961 animated film and a 1996 live-action film, both produced by Disney. Her novel I Capture the Castle was voted number 82 as "one of the nation's 100 best-loved novels" by the British public as part of the BBC's The Big Read (2003), and was adapted into a film released the same year.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dodie Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.