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Paul Kohner (brother) Lupita Tovar (sister-in-law) Friedrich Kohner (September 25, 1905 – July 7, 1986), credited professionally as Frederick Kohner, was an Austrian -born novelist and screenwriter, both in Germany and the U.S. He is best known for having created the "Gidget" novels, which inspired a series of movies, two television series ...
Mar 4, 2021 · For more than 60 years Gidget has endured as a sunny spirit of endless summers and girl can-doism. Frederick Kohner, a screenwriter writing his first novel, was inspired by his own daughter Kathy ...
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Jun 1, 2001 · Gidget. Paperback – June 1, 2001. by Frederick Kohner (Author), Kathy Kohner Zuckerman (Foreword) 4.5 229 ratings. See all formats and editions. A surfing, boy-crazy teenager comes of age in the summer of 1957 in this classic novel that inspired both movies and television and created an American pop culture icon.
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Gidget ( / ˈɡɪdʒɪt /) is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in Malibu. The name Gidget is a portmanteau of "girl" and "midget". [1]
Frederick Kohner has 24 books on Goodreads with 9283 ratings. Frederick Kohner’s most popular book is Gidget (Gidget series, #1).
Frederick Kohner. Writer: Gidget. Frederick Kohner was born on 25 September 1905 in Teplitz-Schönau, Austria-Hungary [now Teplice, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Gidget (1965), Mad About Music (1938) and Hollywood Story (1951).
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Frederick Kohner. Writer: Gidget. Frederick Kohner was born on 25 September 1905 in Teplitz-Schönau, Austria-Hungary [now Teplice, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Gidget (1965), Mad About Music (1938) and Hollywood Story (1951).