James Goldman
James Goldman | |
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Born | James Adolf Goldman[citation needed] June 30, 1927 |
Died | October 28, 1998 New York City, U.S. | (aged 71)
Nationality | United States |
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James Goldman (June 30, 1927 – October 28, 1998) was an American screenwriter and playwright, and the brother of screenwriter and novelist William Goldman.
Biography[]
Born to a Jewish family[1] in Chicago, Illinois, Goldman grew up primarily in Highland Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. He is most noted as the author of The Lion in Winter, for which he received an Academy Award, and as the author of the book for the Broadway musical Follies.
Goldman died from a heart attack in New York City, where he had lived for many years.
Works[]
Plays[]
- Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole (1961), with William Goldman
- They Might Be Giants (1961), London[2]
- A Family Affair (1962), musical, book only (lyrics was by William Goldman, music by John Kander)
- The Lion in Winter (1966, revived 1999)
- Follies (1971, revived 2001 and 2011), musical, book only (lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim), Tony Nomination for Best Book of a Musical
- Oliver Twist (1982)
- Anna Karenina (1985)
- Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)
- Follies in Concert (1986), musical
- Tolstoy (1996)
Screenplays[]
- The Lion in Winter (1968)
- They Might Be Giants (1971)[2]
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
- Robin and Marian (1976)
- White Nights (1985)
Television[]
- Evening Primrose (1966), book only (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim)
Novels[]
- Waldorf (1965)
- The Man From Greek and Roman (1974)
- Myself as Witness (1979)
- (1989)
References[]
- ^ Erens, Patricia (1998). The Jew in American Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-253-20493-6.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The New York Times: "They Might Be Giants"
External links[]
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 1998 deaths
- American male screenwriters
- American musical theatre librettists
- People from Highland Park, Illinois
- Writers from Chicago
- Jewish American screenwriters
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners
- American male novelists
- Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- Novelists from Illinois
- Screenwriters from Illinois
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
- American screenwriter stubs