Biography
Educated at Columbia University. He and his wife, Bella Spewack, were nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre for Outstanding Musical Production of 1997.
He and his wife, Bella, were awarded the 2001 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, England.
In 1949, won two Tony Awards for "Kiss Me, Kate" with his wife-collaborator Bella Spewack: as Best Authors (Musical) and for the book as part of the Best Musical Award.
Date of Death: October 14, 1971 (age 72) in New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
all 30
Movies 30
Writer 26
Screenplay 1
Writer
Kiss Me Kate: BBC Proms (2014)
Movie
Book
Kiss Me, Kate (2011)
Movie
Writer
Kiss Me Kate (2003)
Movie
Writer
We're No Angels (1989)
Movie
6
Writer
Kiss Me Kate (1964)
Movie
Writer
Move Over, Darling (1963)
Movie
5.83
Writer
Something's Got to Give (1962)
Movie
Writer
Küß mich Kätchen (1961)
Movie
Writer
Kiss Me, Kate (1958)
Movie
Writer
Mr. Broadway (1957)
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Writer
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Movie
Writer
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
Movie
Writer
A Welcome to Britain (1943)
Movie
Writer
The World at War (1942)
Movie
Writer
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Movie
5.8
Writer
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Movie
Writer
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
Movie
Screenplay
The Chaser (1938)
Movie
Writer
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
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Writer
Rendezvous (1935)
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Writer
The Gay Bride (1934)
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Writer
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
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Writer
Should Ladies Behave (1933)
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Writer
The Solitaire Man (1933)
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Writer
The Nuisance (1933)
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Adaptation
Private Jones (1933)
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Writer
Clear All Wires! (1933)
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Writer
The Secret Witness (1931)
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Additional Dialogue
Caught (1931)
Movie
Writer
The Enchanted Nutcracker
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1899-09-16
Deathday1971-10-14 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceBakhmut, Ukraine
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSamuel Spewack
AwardsTony Award for Best Author
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