Herman J. Mankiewicz
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Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and won both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in consecutive years for A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950), the latter of which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six.
Academy Awards, USA. 1973 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. Sleuth. 1955 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Story and Screenplay. The Barefoot Contessa. 1953 Nominee Oscar. Best Director.
- February 11, 1909
- February 5, 1993
Apr 24, 2024 · His early writing credits include The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929); Skippy (1931), a family comedy that earned him an Academy Award nomination; If I Had a Million (1932), for which he coined Field’s famous phrase “my little chickadee”; and Million Dollar Legs (1932).
- Michael Barson
Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Original Screenplay winner for A Letter to Three Wives, with wife Rose Stradner. Olivia de Havilland. Best Actress winner for The Heiress. View More Memorable Moments.
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950) brought him wide recognition along with two Academy Awards for each as a writer and a director, seven years after his elder brother Herman J. Mankiewicz won Best Screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941).
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- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
- January 1, 1
- Bedford, New York, USA
Nominee. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Xerox Specials (Based on the Activities of the Uni. ABC. The Television Academy database lists prime-time Emmy information. Click here to learn more. Joseph L. Mankiewicz: bio, photos, awards, nominations and more at Emmys.com.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Best Directing and Original Screenplay winner for All about Eve. Dr. Mario Ungaro. The Italian consul accepts the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award for The Walls of Malapaga, presented by Marlene Dietrich. View More Memorable Moments.
