Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
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American screenwriter, film director and producer
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Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. Nominated for eight Academy Awards in his career, he was best known for Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960; for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), In Cold Blood (1967) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Wikipedia
- May 18, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- March 11, 1992, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Congestive heart failure
- 6'3" (1.91m)
- Jean Simmons(m 1960 - 1980), Harriette Levin(m 1946 - 1957), Jean Brooks(m 1941 - 1944)
- Kate Brooks
- Esther Sax, Hyman Sax
- Temple University
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