Joy Adamson

Born: 1910-01-20 in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]

Died: 1980-01-03

Known For: Writing

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joy Adamson (20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joy Adamson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1996

Born Free: A New Adventure ... (Author)

1966

Born Free ... (Book)

1961

Elsa the Lioness as Self

1955

Fcb TV Show No.1 as Women

1948

R.U.R. as Sulla, a robotess