- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- February 27, 1913
- Place of Birth
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Died
- May 16, 1984
Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
Filmography
movieFrom 180 & Taller
2005 · Novel
movieWomen & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991 · Short Story
movieGeorge Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Self
movieThe Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982 · Book
movieRich Man, Poor Man...
1982 · Novel
tvRich Man, Poor Man...
1982 · Novel
movieThe Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981 · Short Story
tvTop of the Hill
1980 · Story
movieBeggarman, Thief
1979 · Novel
tvBeggarman, Thief
1979 · Novel
movieEvening in Byzantium
1978 · Writer
tvEvening in Byzantium
1978 · Writer
tvRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Characters, Creator
tvRich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Novel, Creator
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Short Story
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses
movieThe Girls in Their Summer Dresses
1973 · Writer
tvCentre Play
1973 · Writer
movieThree
1969 · Story
movieBury the Dead
1969 · Writer
movieIn the French Style
1963 · Story, Producer, Screenplay
movieTwo Weeks in Another Town
1962 · Novel
movieThe Big Gamble
1961 · Writer
movieThe Young Lions
1958 · Novel
movieDesire Under the Elms
1958 · Screenplay
movieThis Angry Age
1957 · Writer
movieTip on a Dead Jockey
1957 · Novel
movieFire Down Below
1957 · Screenplay
movieUlysses
1954 · Screenplay
movieAct of Love
1953 · Writer
movieI Want You
1951 · Screenplay
movieEasy Living
1949 · Story
movieTake One False Step
1949 · Screenplay, Novel
movieCommandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · Screenplay
movieThe Talk of the Town
1942 · Screenplay
movieOut of the Fog
1941 · Theatre Play
movieThe Big Game
1936 · Screenplay
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tvDobrodinec
— · Short Story