Magdalen King-Hall
Magdalen King-Hall | |
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| Born | 22 July 1904 Chelsea, London, England |
| Died | 1 January 1971 (aged 66) Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England |
| Pen name | Cleone Knox |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist, journalist |
| Genre | Fiction, novels, children's fiction |
| Spouse | Patrick Perceval Maxwell |
| Children | two sons, one daughter |
Magdalen King-Hall (22 July 1904 – 1 January 1971) was an English novelist, journalist and children's fiction writer. Her novel Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton was made into a film twice: The Wicked Lady (1945), starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason, and the 1983 remake, also called The Wicked Lady, starring Faye Dunaway and Alan Bates.