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George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe.
He was 81. The radio and television writer hit the jackpot in 1952 with The Seven Year Itch. The play about a married man who pursues the young beauty who lives above his flat ran for almost...
Nov 5, 2019 · George Axelrod, one of the most successful stage and film writers of the 1950s and '60s, died of heart failure on Sat., June 21, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 81.
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Jun 22, 2003 · George Axelrod, the writer perhaps best known for his witty examinations of 1950s social mores, most notably in his play “The Seven Year Itch,” died Saturday morning at his home in Los Angeles....
Jun 23, 2003 · Playwright and screenwriter George Axelrod, who penned “The Seven Year Itch” and adapted “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “The Manchurian Candidate,” has died. He was 81. Axelrod died Saturday...
George Axelrod was born on 9 June 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). He was married to Joan Axelrod and Gloria Washburn. He died on 21 June 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, from a screenplay he co-wrote with George Axelrod from the 1952 three-act play. The film stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, who reprised his stage role.