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Leonard Spigelgass

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Playwright / Writer | * 11/26/1908 († 76, 02/15/1985) | Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Leonard Spigelgass (November 26, 1908 – February 15, 1985) was an American playwright, film producer and screenwriter. During his career, Spigelgass wrote the scripts for 11 Academy Award-winning films. He himself was nominated in 1950 for the story for Mystery Street and garnered three Writers Guild of America nominations over the course of his career. Spigelgass was also a friend of Gore Vidal who used Spigelgass as the model for Vidal's semi fictionary "wise hack" character in the latter's series of essays about Hollywood. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Brid ...

I Was a Male War Bride

Certification unknown

1949 | 3.5/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Romance / Love, War
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Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louis ...

Gypsy

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.3/5 | 2h 23min
Comedy, Drama, Music
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When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the ...

Mystery Street

Certification unknown

1950 | 3.4/5 | 1h 33min
Crime, Drama
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A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness. ...

A Majority of One

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1961 | 2.9/5 | 2h 36min
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Leonard Spigelgass

Academy Award for Best Story
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Movies with Leonard Spigelgass as Actor(1)

as himself1979 The Man You Loved to Hate

TV Shows/Series with Leonard Spigelgass as Actor(1)

as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show

Movies with Leonard Spigelgass as Crew(37)

Writing/Writer1978 Le pont japonais
Writing/Writer1974 Cyrano
Writing/Writer1962 Gypsy
Writing/Theatre Play1961 A Majority of One
Writing/Screenplay1961 A Majority of One
Writing/Story1960 Pepe
Writing/Screenplay1957 Silk Stockings
Writing/Writer1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Writing/Writer1956 Eloise
Writing/Screenplay1954 Athena
Writing/Screenplay1954 Deep in My Heart
Writing/Writer1953 Scandal at Scourie
Writing/Screenplay1952 Because You're Mine
Writing/Writer1951 The Law and the Lady
Writing/Screenplay1951 Night Into Morning
Writing/Story1950 Mystery Street
Writing/Screenplay1949 I Was a Male War Bride
Writing/Screenplay1948 So Evil My Love
Writing/Writer1947 The Perfect Marriage
Writing/Screenplay1943 The Youngest Profession
Writing/Original Story1943 They Got Me Covered
Production/Producer1942 The Big Street
Writing/Screenplay1942 The Big Street
Writing/Screenplay1942 All Through the Night
Writing/Story1942 All Through the Night
Writing/Screenplay1942 Butch Minds the Baby
Writing/Story1941 Million Dollar Baby
Writing/Screenplay1941 Tight Shoes
Production/Associate Producer1940 One Night in the Tropics
Writing/Screenplay1940 Private Affairs
Writing/Story1939 Unexpected Father
Writing/Writer1938 Letter of Introduction
Writing/Writer1938 Service de Luxe
Production/Associate Producer1935 Princess O'Hara
Writing/Screenplay1934 I'll Fix It
Writing/Adaptation1934 Stingaree
Writing/Scenario Writer1933 Hello, Sister!

TV Shows/Series with Leonard Spigelgass as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1956 Playhouse 90

Born: Thursday, 11/26 1908 (November) in Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 02/15 1985 (February) in Los Angeles (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Leonard Spigelgass frequently works together with these people:
Sydney Guilaroff (5x, Crew)
Damon Runyon (5x, Crew)
Mervyn LeRoy (4x, Crew)
Greer Garson (4x, Actress)
Edwin B. Willis (4x, Crew)
Helen Rose (4x, Crew)
Edith Head (4x, Crew)
André Previn (4x, Crew)
Harold Miller (4x, Actor)
Walter Plunkett (4x, Crew)
Karl Tunberg (4x, Crew)
Cliff Robertson (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:797710, Added: 11/07/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024