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Film director Blake Edwards, right, holding up a cloth and speaking to actor Peter Sellers, left, on the set of The Pink Panther, with ornate architecture in the background. Peter Sellers and Alfie Bass in Revenge of the Pink Panther Breakfast at Tiffany's Jack Lemmon as Joe Clay and Lee Remick as Kirsten Arnesen Clay stand close together, reflected in a large mirror, in a dramatic scene from Days of Wine and Roses. Herbert Lom as Charles Dreyfus grabs Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau by the coat near a lake, with both men in suits and trees in the background, in The Pink Panther Strikes Again. Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau sits on the floor in a white robe, looking surprised, in a scene from the 1963 film The Pink Panther. Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau wears a tweed hat, trench coat, and striped tie in a close-up from the film The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
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Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - Blake Edwards biography and career timeline. Aug 29, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 22, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 11, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN - Interviews with Blake Edwards and Jack Valenti; Experts Debate on Nuclear Policy. Oct 08, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Archive on 4 - The Edwards Archive. May 24, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Blake Edwards, Master of Sophisticated Slapstick. Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Blake Edwards biography and career timeline. Sep 23, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Television Academy - Blake Edwards, Prolific Writer-Director of Classic Films and TV series. Jul 31, 2022
Add new Web site: Allmovie - Blake Edwards. Mar 04, 2020
Added cross-references. Jan 15, 2020
Media added. Sep 02, 2016
Photograph added. Dec 05, 2013
Article thoroughly revised. Aug 29, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - TCM Remembers Blake Edwards, 1922-2010 - Important Schedule Change to Honor The Passing of Director Blake Edwards on Monday, December 27. Aug 03, 2011
Added death date. Dec 16, 2010
Article revised and updated. Apr 14, 2010
New article added. Mar 10, 2009
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