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George Axelrod

George Axelrod

Writer · 1922–2003 · New York, New York, USA

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Biography

George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Wrote 18

2020s

  1. 2021

    Sept ans de réflexion

    Author

1960s

  1. 1968

    The Secret Life of an American Wife

    Screenplay

  2. 1966

    Lord Love a Duck

    Writer

  3. 1965
  4. 1964

    Goodbye Charlie

    Theatre Play

  5. 1962
  6. 1961

1950s

  1. 1958

    Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

    Screenplay

  2. 1957

    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

    Theatre Play

  3. 1956
  4. 1955
  5. 1954
  6. 1953

    Confessions of a Nervous Man

    Writer

Produced 5

1960s

  1. 1968

    The Secret Life of an American Wife

    Producer

  2. 1966

    Lord Love a Duck

    Producer

  3. 1965
  4. 1964
  5. 1962

Directed 2

1960s

  1. 1968

    The Secret Life of an American Wife

    Director

  2. 1966

    Lord Love a Duck

    Director

Created 1

1960s

  1. 1966

    The Tammy Grimes Show

    Creator

Appearances4