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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.
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Movies 6
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Writer 3
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1910-01-20
Deathday1980-01-03 (69 years old)
Birth NameFriederike Victoria Gessner
Birth PlaceTroppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]
RelationshipsGeorge Adamson (1944-01-01 - 1980-01-01), Victor von Klarwill (1935-01-01 - 1937-01-01)
SpousePeter René Oscar Bally
CitizenshipsCisleithania, United Kingdom, Austria
AwardsGrenfell Medal, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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