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Donald Ogden Stewart

Screenwriter / Playwright | * 11/30/1894 († 85, 08/02/1980) | Columbus, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Donald Ogden Stewart (November 30, 1894 – August 2, 1980) was an American writer and screenwriter best known for his sophisticated golden age comedies and melodramas such as The Philadelphia Story (based on the play by Philip Barry), Tarnished Lady and Love Affair. Stewart worked with a number of the directors of his time, including George Cukor (a frequent collaborator), Michael Curtiz and Ernst Lubitsch. Stewart was a member of the Algonquin Round Table and, with Ernest Hemingway's friend Bill Smith, the model for Bill Gorton in The Sun Also Rises. His 1922 parody on etiquette, Perfect Behavior, published by George H. Doran and Co., was a favourite book of P. G. Wodehouse. ()
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Donald Ogden Stewart was born on November 30, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), Holiday (1938) and Life with Father (1947). He was married to Ella Winter and Beatrice Ames. He died on August 2, 1980 in London, England.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Donald Ogden Stewart

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Donald Ogden Stewart as Actor(2)

as Drunk (uncredited)1935 No More Ladies
as Van Dyke1930 Not So Dumb

Movies with Donald Ogden Stewart as Crew(40)

Writing/Writer1989 Dinner at Eight
Writing/Screenplay1960 Moment of Danger
Writing/Screenplay1957 An Affair to Remember
Writing/Screenplay1955 Escapade
Crew/Additional Dialogue1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
Writing/Writer1949 Edward, My Son
Writing/Writer1947 Life with Father
Writing/Screenplay1947 Cass Timberlane
Writing/Adaptation1947 Cass Timberlane
Writing/Screenplay1945 Without Love
Writing/Screenplay1943 Keeper of the Flame
Writing/Writer1942 Tales of Manhattan
Writing/Screenplay1941 A Woman's Face
Writing/Screenplay1941 That Uncertain Feeling
Writing/Screenplay1941 Smilin' Through
Writing/Screenplay1940 The Philadelphia Story
Crew/Additional Dialogue1940 Kitty Foyle
Writing/Screenplay1939 The Night of Nights
Writing/Screenplay1939 The Women
Writing/Screenplay1939 Love Affair
Writing/Screenplay1938 Holiday
Writing/Screenplay1938 Marie Antoinette
Crew/Additional Dialogue1937 The Prisoner of Zenda
Writing/Dialogue1937 The Prisoner of Zenda
Writing/Screenplay1935 No More Ladies
Writing/Screenplay1934 Manhattan Melodrama
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Writing/Screenplay1933 Going Hollywood
Writing/Screenplay1933 The White Sister
Crew/Additional Dialogue1933 Dinner at Eight
Writing/Writer1933 Another Language
Crew/Additional Writing1932 Red Dust
Writing/Dialogue1932 Smilin' Through
Writing/Novel1931 Finn and Hattie
Writing/Screenplay1931 Tarnished Lady
Writing/Story1931 Tarnished Lady
Writing/Author1931 Rebound
Writing/Screenplay1930 Laughter
Directing/Director1929 Traffic Regulations
Writing/Adaptation1926 Brown of Harvard

Full Name: Donald Ogden Stewart
Born: Friday, 11/30 1894 (November) in Columbus, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 08/02 1980 (August) in London (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Yale University
Other names for Donald Ogden Stewart (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gilbert Holland"
Donald Ogden Stewart frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (15x, Crew)
Adrian (15x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (14x, Crew)
George Cukor (10x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (10x, Crew)
Leo McCarey (7x, Crew)
Frank Sullivan (5x, Crew)
Irving Thalberg (5x, Crew)
Norma Shearer (5x, Actress)
Henry Daniell (4x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:323330, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 02/28/2024