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Robert Getchell

Screenwriter / Writer | * 12/05/1936 († 80, 10/21/2017) | Kansas City (United States of America (USA))
Robert Getchell (December 6, 1936 – October 21, 2017) was an American screenwriter. Getchell wrote the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and created the sitcom based on that film, Alice. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplays for both Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and the subsequent Bound for Glory. Getchell was also the screenwriter for the 1981 docudrama film Mommie Dearest, based on Christina Crawford's nightmarish childhood with her violent, manipulative, alcoholic adoptive mother, the actress Joan Crawford. The film was intended to be a serious drama about child abuse, but Getchell's unusual script won the Golden Raspberry award that year for worst screenplay, one of the factors that led Mommie Dearest to be remembered as a cult film. He died... ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Robert Getchell

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
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Movies with Robert Getchell as Crew(8)

Writing/Screenplay1994 The Client
Writing/Screenplay1993 This Boy's Life
Writing/Screenplay1993 Point of No Return
Writing/Screenplay1990 Stella
Writing/Writer1985 Sweet Dreams
Writing/Screenplay1981 Mommie Dearest
Writing/Screenplay1976 Bound for Glory
Writing/Screenplay1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

TV Shows/Series with Robert Getchell as Crew(2)

Writing/Writer1976 Alice
Creator/Creator1976 Alice

Born: Saturday, 12/05 1936 (December) in Kansas City (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 10/21 2017 (October) in Monterey (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Missouri–Kansas City
Other names for Robert Getchell (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Robert Getchell (Drehbuchautor)"
Robert Getchell frequently works together with these people:
Harvey Keitel (2x, Actor)
John Badham (2x, Crew)
Bob Westmoreland (2x, Crew)
Harvey Bullock (2x, Crew)
George Brand (2x, Crew)
Yudi Bennett (2x, Crew)
Mic Rodgers (2x, Crew)
David Forrest (2x, Crew)
Frank Perry (2x, Crew)
Erica Wexler (2x, Cast)
David Sanderson (2x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:486013, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024