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Robert E. Sherwood

Name in Native Language: "Robert Emmet Sherwood" (English/EN)
Screenwriter / Playwright / Dramaturge / Journalist / Historian | * 04/04/1896 († 59, 11/14/1955) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is the author of Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Rebecca, There Shall Be No Night, The Best Years of Our Lives and The Bishop's Wife. He received Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1936, 1939, 1941), Academy Award for Best Screenplay (1947) and Pulitzer Prize for Biography (1948) awards. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight ...

The Bishop's Wife

NR

1947 | 3.5/5 | 1h 49min
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must ...

Rebecca

NR

1940 | 4.0/5 | 2h 10min
Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
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It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become ...

The Best Years of Our Lives

NR

1946 | 3.9/5 | 2h 51min
Drama, Romance / Love, War
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Setting the standard for his later light-hearted biopics The Private Life of Henry VIII and Rembrandt, producer-director Alexander Korda steadfastly refuses to take any of The Private Life of Helen of ...

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Certification unknown

1927 | 1h 27min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Robert E. Sherwood

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 3x Pulitzer Prize for Drama Bancroft Prize Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Robert E. Sherwood as Actor(2)

as Himself (archive footage)1987 The Ten-Year Lunch
as Dispatcher1939 20,000 Men a Year

TV Shows/Series with Robert E. Sherwood as Actor(1)

as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Robert E. Sherwood as Crew(35)

Writing/Theatre Play1964 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Writing/Theatre Play1956 Gaby
Writing/Theatre Play1955 The Petrified Forest
Writing/Theatre Play1955 Jupiter's Darling
Writing/Writer1953 The Backbone of America
Writing/Writer1953 Main Street to Broadway
Writing/Writer1953 Man on a Tightrope
Writing/Screenplay1947 The Bishop's Wife
Writing/Screenplay1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
Writing/Theatre Play1945 Escape in the Desert
Production/Producer1941 Adam Had Four Sons
Writing/Theatre Play1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Writing/Screenplay1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Writing/Theatre Play1940 Waterloo Bridge
Writing/Screenplay1940 Rebecca
Writing/Story1939 Over the Moon
Writing/Screenplay1939 Idiot's Delight
Writing/Theatre Play1939 Idiot's Delight
Writing/Screenplay1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo
Writing/Writer1938 The Divorce of Lady X
Writing/Screenplay1937 Thunder in the City
Writing/Theatre Play1937 Tovarich
Writing/Theatre Play1936 The Petrified Forest
Writing/Writer1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel
Writing/Story1933 Roman Scandals
Writing/Theatre Play1933 Reunion in Vienna
Writing/Writer1932 Cock of the Air
Writing/Dialogue1931 Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Writing/Theatre Play1931 Waterloo Bridge
Writing/Dialogue1931 The Age for Love
Crew/Title Graphics1927 The Prince of Whales
Editing/Editor1927 North of Nowhere
Editing/Editor1927 Hitting the Trail
Writing/Writer1926 Red Hot Rails
Writing/Writer1926 The Lucky Lady

Full Name: Robert Emmet Sherwood
Born: Saturday, 04/04 1896 (April) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 11/14 1955 (November) in New York City (aged: 59)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Harvard University, Milton Academy, Fay School
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Spouses (current/former): Madeline Hurlock
Siblings: Rosamond Sherwood
Father: Arthur Murray Sherwood
Mother: Rosina Emmet Sherwood
Other names for Robert E. Sherwood (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Robert Emmet Sherwood"
"Robert Sherwood"
Robert E. Sherwood frequently works together with these people:
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Art Carney (6x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (5x, Actor)
Debbie Reynolds (5x, Actress)
Red Buttons (5x, Actor)
Cedric Gibbons (5x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (5x, Crew)
Sergio Franchi (5x, Actor)
Hugo Friedhofer (5x, Crew)
Adrian (4x, Crew)
Alfred Newman (4x, Crew)
Samuel Goldwyn (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:403184, Added: 09/02/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024