W. Somerset Maugham

Birthday: January 25, 1974

W. Somerset Maugham, or Somerset Maugham, as he is usually referred to, was perhaps the most respected English author of the 20th century to achieve a major presence in films; not only were many of his novels, short stories, and plays adapted into movies, but Maugham had the distinction of being portrayed on screen twice by no less a figure than Herbert Marshall. William Somerset ...more