Leo Rosten
Jewish American humorist · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1908 to 1997 · aged 88
Leo Calvin Rosten was an American writer and humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography.
Leo Rosten is read about 44 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Douglas Sirk Directed Lured and Sleep, My Love
Mary Pickford Produced Sleep, My Love (1948)
Tony Curtis Produced Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
Lucille Ball Leo wrote The Dark Corner (1946)
Peter Lorre Leo wrote The Conspirators (1944)
Henry Hathaway Directed The Dark Corner (1946)
Jean Negulesco Directed The Conspirators (1944)
John Farrow Directed Where Danger Lives (1950)
Irving Cummings Directed Double Dynamite (1951)
Martha Hyer Also in The Velvet Touch and Mister Cory
Sydney Greenstreet Leo wrote The Velvet Touch (1948)
Joseph Calleia Leo wrote The Conspirators (1944)
Vincent Sherman Directed All Through the Night (1942)
Bill Erwin Leo wrote Double Dynamite and The Velvet Touch
Frank McHugh Also in All Through the Night (1942)
James Flavin Leo wrote Sleep, My Love and The Velvet Touch
Alfred L. Werker Directed Walk East on Beacon (1952)
Charles Pearce Coleman Leo wrote Double Dynamite and Lured
Hunt Stromberg Produced Lured (1947)
William Edmunds Leo wrote The Conspirators (1944)
Fred Kohlmar Produced The Dark Corner (1946)- Frederick Brisson Produced The Velvet Touch (1948)
Also in Deutsch
Media & music
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1997 · aged 88
