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Howard Lindsay

Screenwriter / Playwright / Writer / Lyricist / Songwriter / Music Director / Theatre Director | * 03/29/1889 († 78, 02/11/1968) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Howard Lindsay, born Herman Nelke, (March 29, 1889 – February 11, 1968) was an American playwright, librettist, director, actor and theatrical producer. He is best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life with Father. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Music | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life a ...

The Sound of Music

G

1965 | 3.9/5 | 2h 55min
Drama, Kids & Family, Music, Romance / Love
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A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English heiress who ran ...

Anything Goes

NR

1936 | 2.6/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy, Music
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Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding again and has to make $25,000 so her father allows him to marry Margaret. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructo ...

Swing Time

NR

1936 | 3.5/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his t ...

Arsenic and Old Lace

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1944 | 3.8/5 | 1h 58min
Comedy, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Howard Lindsay

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Movies with Howard Lindsay as Actor(2)

as The King1957 Cinderella
as The Queen1957 Cinderella

Movies with Howard Lindsay as Crew(22)

Writing/Musical2021 Anything Goes
Writing/Book2015 The Sound of Music Live!
Writing/Book2013 The Sound of Music Live!
Writing/Screenplay1965 The Sound of Music
Writing/Theatre Play1960 Tall Story
Writing/Writer1954 Woman's World
Writing/Book1954 Anything Goes
Writing/Book1953 Call Me Madam
Writing/Theatre Play1953 Remains to Be Seen
Writing/Theatre Play1952 Stop, You're Killing Me
Writing/Theatre Play1948 State of the Union
Writing/Theatre Play1947 Life with Father
Writing/Adaptation1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938
Writing/Author1938 A Slight Case of Murder
Writing/Screenplay1938 Artists and Models Abroad
Writing/Story1938 Artists and Models Abroad
Crew/Additional Writing1937 Artists & Models
Writing/Screenplay1936 Swing Time
Writing/Writer1936 Anything Goes
Writing/Story1935 Your Uncle Dudley
Writing/Writer1934 She Loves Me Not
Writing/Theatre Play1930 She's My Weakness

TV Shows/Series with Howard Lindsay as Crew(3)

Writing/Writer1954 Producers' Showcase
Writing/Writer1954 The Best of Broadway
Writing/Writer1950 Musical Comedy Time

Full Name: Howard Lindsay
Born: Friday, 03/29 1889 (March) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 02/11 1968 (February) in New York City (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Member of: The Players
Spouses (current/former): Dorothy Stickney
Howard Lindsay frequently works together with these people:
Russel Crouse (18x, Crew)
Richard Rodgers (7x, Crew)
Cole Porter (7x, Crew)
Oscar Hammerstein II (6x, Crew)
Irwin Kostal (4x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (3x, Actress)
Benjamin Glazer (3x, Crew)
Edith Head (3x, Crew)
Bert Stevens (3x, Actor)
Guy Bolton (3x, Crew)
Campbell Young (3x, Crew)
Alex Segal (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:212473, Added: 07/26/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024