Immigrated to England

Moved to Delhi after marrying architect C.S.H. Jhabvala

First met James Ivory and Ismail Merchant at her New Delhi home when they came to request permission to film her novel, "The Householder"; adaptation was her first screenplay; film released in 1963

Penned "Shakespeare Wallah"

First adaptation of Henry James, "The Europeans"

Debuted as a producer (with Merchant and Ivory) with the documentary, "The Courtesans of Bombay"

Adapted own novel "Heat and Dust" for Merchant Ivory

Scripted the screen version of Henry James' novel "The Bostonians"

Received Oscar for her screenplay adaptation of E M Forster's "A Room with a View", a Merchant Ivory production

First screenplay not produced by the Merchant Ivory team, "Madame Sousatzka"; co-written with director John Schlesinger

Won second Academy Award for adapting Forster's "Howards End" for Merchant-Ivory

Adapted "The Remains of the Day" from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro

Wrote "Jefferson in Paris"

Penned the screenplay for "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries", adapting Kaylie Jones' autobiographical novel

Third adaptation of a Henry James work, "The Golden Bowl"

With James Ivory, wrote screenplay for "Le Divorce" (lensed 2002)