Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אנדרסון, רוברט, 1917-2009
Name (Latin)
Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009
Other forms of name
Anderson, Robert Woodruff, 1917-2009
Anderson, Robert Woodruff, 1917-
Anderson, Robert, 1917-
אנדרסון, רוברט
Date of birth
1917-04-28
Date of death
2009-02-09
Place of birth
New York (N.Y.)
Place of death
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Occupation
Dramatists
Screenwriters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 92473600
Wikidata: Q154717
Library of congress: n 50021955
Sources of Information
  • Getting up and going home, c1978:t.p. (Robert Anderson)
  • His Tea and sympathy, 1953.
  • Internet movie database, July 23, 2003(Robert Anderson, b. Robert Woodruff Anderson, Apr. 28, 1917; writer)
  • LC database, Feb. 10, 2009(hdg.: Anderson, Robert Woodruff, 1917- ; usage: Robert Anderson)
  • New York times WWW site, Feb. 10, 2009(Robert Anderson; b. Robert Woodruff Anderson, Apr. 28, 1917, New York; d. Monday [Feb. 9, 2009], Manhattan, aged 91; playwright whose intimate emotional dramas like Tea and sympathy and I never sang for my father attracted big names to the Broadway stage if not always substantial audiences to Broadway theaters)
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Wikipedia description:

Robert Woodruff Anderson (April 28, 1917 – February 9, 2009) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, for the drama films The Nun's Story (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1970), the latter based on his play.

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