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Alfred Shaughnessy

Born
May 19, 1916 · Aged 89
Died
Nov 2, 2005
Place of birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Movie credits
0
TV credits
0
Directing credits
4

Biography

Alfred James Shaughnessy (19 May 1916 – 2 November 2005) was an English scriptwriter, film director and producer best known for being the script editor of Upstairs, Downstairs. Alfred Shaughnessy was born in London, his father, the Hon Alfred Thomas Shaughnessy, having died while serving with the Canadian army in France two months before. His grandfather Thomas Shaughnessy was an American-born Canadian railway administrator, who was created Baron Shaughnessy in 1916, and his mother was a second cousin of James K. Polk, the 11th US President. He spent his early years living in Tennessee, and…