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Maxwell Anderson

Screenwriter / Journalist / Playwright / Writer / Teacher / Poet / Lyricist | * 12/15/1888 († 70, 02/28/1959) | Atlantic, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist. Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures. Despite this, he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays, including What Price Glory, Both Your Houses, and The Bad Seed. Many of his works were adapted for the screen, and he wrote screenplays for other authors' works as well. Anderson was married three times and had a tumultuous personal life, ultimately passing away in 1959 after suffering a stroke. His papers and personal effects can be found in various institutions, with the largest collection housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Maxwell Anderson

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Honorary Doctorate From Columbia University Pulitzer Prize Academy Award for Best Writing
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Movies with Maxwell Anderson as Actor(1)

as Self (archive footage)1996 Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Movies with Maxwell Anderson as Crew(41)

Writing/Theatre Play1985 The Bad Seed
Writing/Writer1975 Valley Forge
Writing/Theatre Play1974 Lost in the Stars
Writing/Theatre Play1969 Anne of the Thousand Days
Writing/Writer1966 The Star Wagon
Writing/Story1963 The Bad Seed
Sound/Songs1960 Midnight Lace
Writing/Theatre Play1959 Never Steal Anything Small
Crew/Additional Writing1959 Ben-Hur
Writing/Writer1956 High Tor
Writing/Theatre Play1956 High Tor
Writing/Lyricist1956 High Tor
Writing/Theatre Play1956 The Bad Seed
Writing/Screenplay1956 The Wrong Man
Writing/Story1956 The Wrong Man
Writing/Adaptation1954 A Christmas Carol
Writing/Teleplay1954 A Christmas Carol
Writing/Theatre Play1952 What Price Glory
Writing/Screenplay1948 Joan of Arc
Writing/Theatre Play1948 Joan of Arc
Writing/Theatre Play1948 Key Largo
Writing/Theatre Play1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
Writing/Writer1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
Writing/Lyricist1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
Writing/Writer1944 The Eve of St. Mark
Writing/Theatre Play1940 Saturday's Children
Writing/Theatre Play1936 Mary of Scotland
Writing/Author1936 Winterset
Writing/Writer1935 So Red the Rose
Writing/Theatre Play1935 Maybe It's Love
Writing/Screenplay1934 Death Takes a Holiday
Writing/Adaptation1934 We Live Again
Writing/Screenplay1932 Rain
Writing/Story1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round
Writing/Characters1931 Women of All Nations
Writing/Adaptation1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
Writing/Adaptation1930 One Romantic Night
Writing/Writer1929 The Cock-Eyed World
Writing/Theatre Play1929 Saturday's Children
Writing/Theatre Play1926 What Price Glory

Books by & about Maxwell Anderson


Born: Saturday, 12/15 1888 (December) in Atlantic, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 02/28 1959 (February) in Stamford (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of North Dakota, Stanford University, University of North Dakota College of Arts and Sciences
Employer: Stanford University
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Other names for Maxwell Anderson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"James Maxwell Anderson"
Maxwell Anderson frequently works together with these people:
Alfred Hitchcock (4x, Crew)
Fredric March (4x, Actor)
Raoul Walsh (4x, Crew)
Kurt Weill (4x, Crew)
Edmund Lowe (3x, Actor)
Richard Day (3x, Crew)
Hal B. Wallis (3x, Crew)
Arthur Edeson (3x, Crew)
Pia Lindström (3x, Actress)
Lewis Milestone (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:494414, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 02/26/2024