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Godfrey Winn

1906-10-15 – 1971-06-19 (age 64) King's Norton, Worcestershire, England
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Biography

Godfrey Herbert Winn (15 October 1906 – 19 June 1971) was an English journalist known as a columnist, and also a writer and actor.

Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, he attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. His career as a theatre actor began as a boy at the Haymarket Theatre and he appeared in many plays and films. He went on to write a number of novels and biographical works, and became a star columnist for the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Express newspapers, where he wrote "Dear Abby" articles for lovelorn women. Journalists nicknamed him 'Winifred God' because of his popularity with women readers. Winn was gay and never married.

Known For

The Bargee
The Bargee

1964

as Announcer (voice)

Up the Chastity Belt
Up the Chastity Belt

1972

as The Archbishop Of All England

Billy Liar
Billy Liar

1963

as Disc Jockey

Very Important Person
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Blighty
Blighty

1927

as Robin Villiers