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Robert Anderson

Screenwriter / Playwright / Writer / Theatrical Producer | * 04/28/1917 († 91, 02/09/2009) | Manhattan, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Robert Woodruff Anderson (April 28, 1917 – February 9, 2009) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, for the drama films The Nun's Story (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1970), the latter based on his play. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | War | TV Movies

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After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II. ...

The Nun's Story

NR

1959 | 3.6/5 | 2h 29min
Drama
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Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that mo ...

I Never Sang for My Father

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1970 | 3.4/5 | 1h 32min
Drama
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Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical natur ...

The Sand Pebbles

PG-13

1966 | 3.6/5 | 3h 2min
Adventure, War
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Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name which ran from 1942 to 1962. Like many early te ...

Suspense

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1949 | 2.1/5 | 25min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Robert Anderson

2x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Robert Anderson as Crew(8)

Writing/Writer1991 Absolute Strangers
Writing/Writer1989 I Never Sang for My Father
Writing/Screenplay1970 I Never Sang for My Father
Writing/Story1970 I Never Sang for My Father
Writing/Screenplay1966 The Sand Pebbles
Writing/Screenplay1959 The Nun's Story
Writing/Screenplay1957 Until They Sail
Writing/Screenplay1956 Tea and Sympathy

TV Shows/Series with Robert Anderson as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1948 Studio One

Full Name: Robert Anderson
Born: Saturday, 04/28 1917 (April) in Manhattan, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 02/09 2009 (February) in Manhattan (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy
Member of: PEN America
Spouses (current/former): Teresa Wright
Other names for Robert Anderson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Robert Woodruff Anderson"
"Robert Anderson (playwright)"
"Robert Anderson (Schriftsteller)"
Robert Anderson frequently works together with these people:
James Daly (12x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (10x, Actor)
Richard Kiley (9x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (8x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (8x, Actor)
Nina Foch (8x, Actress)
Vaughn Taylor (8x, Actor)
John Forsythe (7x, Actor)
Berry Kroeger (7x, Actor)
Harry Townes (7x, Actor)
James Gregory (7x, Actor)
Betsy Palmer (7x, Actress)

Other people with this name: Robert Anderson (US/DK), Robert Anderson (US)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1420112, Added: 09/05/2019, Last updated: 04/16/2024