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Agnes Newton Keith (born Agnes Jones Goodwillie Newton; July 4, 1901 – March 30, 1982) was an American writer best known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in North Borneo (now Sabah) before, during, and after World War II.
Agnes Newton Keith was born on 6 July 1901 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Three Came Home (1950). She was married to Henry G. Keith. She died on 30 March 1982 in Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
KEITH, Agnes Newton. Born 6 July 1901, Oak Park, Illinois; died March 1982. Daughter of Joseph G. and Grace Goodwillie Newton; married Henry G. Keith, 1934. Reared in California, Agnes Newton Keith graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1924.
Agnes Keith was born in 1901 in Illinois but grew up in Hollywood long before "Tinsel Town" became what it is today. In 1934 she married Henry ("Harry") George Keith, an Englishman whom she had first met as a childhood friend of her brother.
A Californian who has followed her forester husband to the far corners of the earth, Agnes Newton Keith went as a bride to North Borneo, where she wrote the Atlantic Prize book LAND BELOW THE...
Three Came Home is a 1947 memoir written by Agnes Newton Keith, based on her experiences during the Japanese invasion of North Borneo. A film based on it was released in 1950 and featured Claudette Colbert in the lead role. Initially, Olivia de Havilland was chosen for the role.
When the Japanese take Borneo in 1942, Agnes Keith is captured and imprisoned with her two-year-old son. Fed on minimal rations, forced to work through recurrent bouts of malaria and fighting with rats for scraps of food, Agnes Keith's spirit never completely dies.
Jul 6, 2021 · Agnes Keith: the American author who loved Sabah. Noel Wong @ FMT Lifestyle - 06 Jul 2021, 07:20 AM. Famous author resided in Sandakan and wrote three books that detailed her love for the Land...
Agnes Newton Keith’s stirring narrative teases out the essence of the land famously recognized as ‘below the wind’—a phrase coined by sailors for this unique region safeguarded from the typhoon pathways by the Philippines.
Agnes Newton Keith was born on 6 July 1901 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Three Came Home (1950). She was married to Henry G. Keith. She died on 30 March 1982 in Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
