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Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 – July 16, 1983) was an American playwright, screenwriter and fiction writer. While working as an advertising executive in New York, he wrote a short story based on the early life of Al Jolson, called The Day of Atonement, which he then converted into a 1925 play, The Jazz Singer.
- 1925–1965
- March 30, 1894, New York City, U.S.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- July 16, 1983 (aged 89), New York City, New York, U.S.
Samson Raphaelson was born on March 30, 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Suspicion (1941), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He was married to Dorothy Deborah Wegman and Rayna DeCosta Simons. He died on July 16, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Writer
- March 30, 1896
- Sampson Miles Raphaelson
- July 16, 1983
As Broadway prepares to welcome a revival of Raphaelson’s drawing-room comedy Accent on Youth, starring David Hyde Pierce as playwright Steven Gaye, Broadway.com recounts how a stellar ...
Samson Raphaelson was born on 30 March 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Suspicion (1941), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He was married to Dorothy Deborah Wegman and Rayna DeCosta Simons. He died on 16 July 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Jul 17, 1983 · Samson Raphaelson, who wrote such plays as ''The Jazz Singer'' and ''Skylark'' and screenplays for such movies as Alfred Hitchcock's thriller ''Suspicion,'' died yesterday in his sleep at his...
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Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 in New York City – July 16, 1983 in New York City) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in New York City, Raphaelson worked on nine films with Ernst Lubitsch, including Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Shop Around the Corner (1939), Heaven Can Wait (1943), and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He also ...
Fiction Writer • Stage & Screen Artist. Born 03/30/1896, New York, New York. Died 07/16/1983, New York, New York. Samson Raphaelson was a leading playwright, screenwriter, and author of short fiction. He based his first play, The Jazz Singer (1925), on the short.
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