Diane English is best known for creating the television show "Murphy Brown" and writing and directing the 2008 feature film, "The Women", an updated version of the George Cukor-directed 1939 film of the same name based on a 1936 play by what author?
Diane English Diane English (born May 18, 1948) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, best known for creating the television show "Murphy Brown" and writing and directing the 2008 feature film, "The Women".
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is a 1939 American historical romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the play "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson—which had a successful run on Broadway with Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in the lead roles—the film fictionalizes the historical relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. The screenplay was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas MacKenzie.