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    Ernest Lehman

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  1. Ernest Paul Lehman [1] (December 8, 1915 – July 2, 2005) was an American screenwriter and film producer. [2] He was nominated six times for Academy Awards for his screenplays during his career, but did not win. [2] At the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his achievements and his influential ...

  2. Jul 6, 2005 · Ernest Paul Lehman was born in Manhattan on Dec. 8, 1915, and raised in Woodmere, N.Y. He earned a bachelor's degree from City College in New York and began a career as a freelance fiction writer ...

  3. His first wife, Jackie, passed away in 1994. In 2001, Lehman received an Honorary Academy Award for his lifetime achievements; he was the first screenwriter ever to receive that honor. Ernest Lehman died on July 2, 2005. He was survived by his second wife, Laurie, and his sons, Roger, Alan, and Jonathan.

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    • Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
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  4. Ernest Lehman dies of an undisclosed illness at age 89. ... Lehman is survived by his wife, Laurie; their son, Jonathan; and his sons Roger and Alan, from his late first wife, Jackie; and two ...

  5. Ernest Lehman His wife Laurie said the apparent cause of death was a heart attack. Among Mr. Lehman's screenplay credits were "North by Northwest" and (with Clifford Odets) "Sweet Smell of Success."

  6. Ernest Lehman. Writer: North by Northwest. One of the most critically and commercially successful screenwriters in Hollywood history, Lehman grew up on Long Island, graduated from NY's City College. One of his first jobs was as a copywriter for a Broadway publicist. This experience would later be reflected in his novel and screenplay, "Sweet Smell of Success." He also worked as a radio comedy ...

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  8. Jul 6, 2005 · Ernest Lehman, the acclaimed screenwriter and six-time Oscar nominee whose credits included "North by Northwest," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"