Person
Robert Anderson
Writing · 1917–2009 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Robert Woodruff Anderson (April 28, 1917 – February 9, 2009) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, for the drama films The Nun's Story (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1970), the latter based on his play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Studio One
Writer
American Playhouse
Writer
The Sand Pebbles
Screenplay
The Nun's Story
Screenplay
Until They Sail
Screenplay
Tea and Sympathy
Screenplay
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Writer
Absolute Strangers
Writer
I Never Sang for My Father
Screenplay
Filmography
- 1991Absolute StrangersWriter
- 1991The General Motors Playwrights TheaterWriter
- 1988I Never Sang for My FatherTheatre Play
- 1982American PlayhouseWriter
- 1981The Patricia Neal StoryTeleplay
- 1974Double SolitaireWriter
- 1970I Never Sang for My FatherScreenplay
- 1966The Sand PebblesScreenplay
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1959The Nun's StoryScreenplay
- 1957Until They SailScreenplay
- 1956Tea and SympathyScreenplay
- 1948Studio OneWriter
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