Robert E. Sherwood
American writer (1896-1955) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 59
Robert Emmet Sherwood was an American playwright and screenwriter.
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1955Died14 November 19551949Bancroft PrizeAwardPulitzer Prize for BiographyAward1947Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAward1941Pulitzer Prize for DramaAward1939Pulitzer Prize for DramaAward1936Pulitzer Prize for DramaAward1896Born4 April 1896
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Samuel Goldwyn Produced Roman Scandals (1933)
Alexander Korda Produced The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Merle Oberon Also in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Edward Arnold Also in Roman Scandals and Idiot's Delight
Gilbert Emery Robert produced Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Rebecca (1940)
Ingrid Bergman Robert produced Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Laurence Olivier Also in The Divorce of Lady X and Rebecca
Elia Kazan Directed Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Howard Hughes Produced Cock of the Air (1932)
William Wyler Directed The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Warner Baxter Robert produced Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Robert Shaw Robert produced Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
June Lockhart Robert produced Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Lajos Bíró Also in The Scarlet Pimpernel and Over the Moon
Archie Mayo Directed The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Jean Parker Robert wrote Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
Binnie Barnes Also in The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Isabel Jewell Robert wrote The Bishop's Wife (1948)
George Irving Robert wrote Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
Edmund Mortimer Robert wrote Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Helen Westley Robert produced Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Martha Wentworth Robert wrote Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Morton Selten Also in The Ghost Goes West (1935)
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1955 · aged 59
