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Oscar Wilde
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Born October 16, 1854Died November 30, 1900 (46 years)
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death.
Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals, and their son showed his intelligence early by becoming fluent in French and German. At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism (led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin), though he also profoundly explored Roman Catholicism, to which he would later convert on his deathbed. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most well-known personalities of his day.
At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, whilst his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde sued the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, for libel. After a series of trials, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency with other men and imprisoned for two years, held to hard labour. In prison he wrote De Profundis (1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life. He died destitute in Paris at the age of forty-six.
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death.
Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals, and their son showed his intelligence early by becoming fluent in French and German. At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism (led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin), though he also profoundly explored Roman Catholicism, to which he would later convert on his deathbed. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most well-known personalities of his day.
At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, whilst his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde sued the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, for libel. After a series of trials, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency with other men and imprisoned for two years, held to hard labour. In prison he wrote De Profundis (1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life. He died destitute in Paris at the age of forty-six.
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Movies & Shows on Plex
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Oscar Wilde Filmography
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| 2025 | |
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| 2021 | |
| 2021 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Novel |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2016 | The Canterville Ghost · as Novel |
| 2014 | |
| 2009 | Dorian Gray · as Novel |
| 2008 | |
| 2005 | Ghost of Canterville · as Novel |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Pact with the Devil · as Novel |
| 1995 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | The Princess and the Dwarf · as Novel |
| 1984 | Skazka o zvezdnom malchike · as Novel |
| 1983 | The Sins of Dorian Gray · as Novel |
| 1983 | Ein Mord liegt auf der Hand · as Novel |
| 1982 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1977 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Novel |
| 1974 | The Canterville Ghost · as Novel |
| 1974 | Los libros (TV Series) |
| 1973 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Novel |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) |
| 1970 | To theatro tis Defteras (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Dorian Gray · as Novel |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Das Gespenst von Canterville · as Novel |
| 1964 | The Canterville Ghost · as Novel |
| 1963 | Novela (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1960 | The Youth Theater (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Novel |
| 1920 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Novel |
| 2021 | Edward Carson and the Fall of Oscar Wilde · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | The Canterville Ghost · as Short Story |
| 2023 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Based Upon The Novel By |
| 2021 | The Canterville Ghost (TV Series) · as Based On A Story By |
| 2020 | Acting for a Cause (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 2019 | Love Me Not · as Original Story |
| 2018 | Blossom · as Original Story |
| 2018 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Theatre Play |
| 2017 | Mencari Rahmat · as Based On The Stage Play By: The Important Of Being Earnest |
| 2016 | Siesta Z (TV Series) · as Based On The Original Work By |
| 2016 | Damoclès · as Short Story |
| 2015 | The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage · as Play |
| 2015 | The Nightingale and the Rose · as Original Story |
| 2014 | Soneto nocturno · as Based On The Book By |
| 2013 | The Selfish Giant · as Inspired By 'the Selfish Giant' |
| 2013 | Salomé · as Theatre Play |
| 2012 | Salome · as Based On The Play By |
| 2011 | Wilde Salomé · as Play "salome" |
| 2011 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Written By |
| 2010 | Die Nachtigall und die Rose · as Story |
| 2010 | Three Shadows · as Novel "the Picture Of Dorian Gray" |
| 2007 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Novel "the Picture Of Dorian Gray" |
| 2006 | Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD (TV Series) · as After |
| 2006 | Chiamami Salomè · as Book |
| 2004 | A Good Woman · as Author |
| 2004 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Book "the Picture Of Dorian Gray" |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Theatre Play |
| 2001 | The Canterville Ghost · as Scenario Writer |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband · as Theatre Play |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband · as Theatre Play |
| 1998 | Clive Barker's Salomé & The Forbidden · as Play |
| 1998 | Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul · as Original Story |
| 1998 | Johnny 316 · as Story Inspired By 'salome' |
| 1998 | The Story of the Selfish Giant · as Short Story |
| 1997 | The Canterville Ghost · as Story |
| 1996 | The Canterville Ghost · as Short Story |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1992 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Theatre Play |
| 1990 | The Canterville Ghost · as Short Story |
| 1989 | Les maris, les femmes, les amants · as Poem And Aphorism |
| 1988 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Theatre Play |
| 1988 | Salome's Last Dance · as Theatre Play |
| 1986 | The Canterville Ghost · as Short Story |
| 1986 | Salomé · as Theatre Play |
| 1985 | The Canterville Ghost · as Short Story |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Theatre Play |
| 1981 | Idealnyy muzh · as Theatre Play |
| 1978 | Salomé · as Theatre Play |
| 1976 | World Famous Fairy Tales (TV Series) · as Based On A Story By |
| 1976 | Keine Hochzeit ohne Ernst · as Play "the Importance Of Being Earnest" |
| 1975 | Salome · as Based On The Play By |
| 1974 | The Happy Prince · as Short Story |
| 1973 | Salome · as Theatre Play |
| 1972 | Salome · as Theatre Play |
| 1972 | Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (TV Series) · as Characters |
| 1971 | The Selfish Giant · as Original Story |
| 1971 | Theatre Macabre (TV Series) · as Short Story |
| 1971 | Josie's Castle · as Writer: "ballad Of Reading Gaol" |
| 1970 | The Canterville Ghost · as Short Story |
| 1968 | The Canterville Ghost · as Short Story |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Suggested By A Story By |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Play "an Ideal Husband" |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1965 | Estudio 1 (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Play By |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Novella |
| 1957 | Voor donderdagavond twaalf uur Mylord · as Story "lord Arthur Saville's Crime" |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1957 | Dreams of Youth · as Story |
| 1957 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Play |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1955 | Star Tonight (TV Series) · as Story "the Selfish Giant" |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1953 | Television Theater (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1952 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Theatre Play |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1949 | The Fan · as Theatre Play |
| 1948 | Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1947 | An Ideal Husband · as Theatre Play |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Original Play |
| 1944 | The Canterville Ghost · as Story |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy · as Short Story |
| 1936 | A Woman of No Importance · as Play "a Woman Of No Importance" |
| 1925 | Lady Windermere's Fan · as Theatre Play |
| 1922 | |
| 1916 | Lady Windermere's Fan · as Theatre Play |