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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. 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. Harry was on leave from Sandakan where he had lived since 1925 and where he served ...
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- March 30, 1982
- July 4, 1901
Agnes Newton Keith was born on July 6, 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 March 30, 1982 in Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- July 6, 1901
- March 30, 1982
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.
- Agnes Newton Keith
- 1948
Latest. Sahara Holiday. 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...
4.16. 897 ratings114 reviews. 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.
Agnes Newton Keith's first book, and a matter of fact account of her life in North Borneo (Sabah) in the 1930's. A perfect companion to Three Came Home, detailing her imprisonment by the Japanese during WW2.
