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Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has received an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing for Driving Miss Daisy. He is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
Dec 3, 2005 · Alfred Uhry, a playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter, is best known for his play Driving Miss Daisy, which premiered in New York in 1987 and was later adapted into a film. Uhry has received a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, and several Tony Awards for his work—the only playwright to win all three awards.
Driving Miss Daisy is a play by American playwright Alfred Uhry, about the relationship of an elderly Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn, from 1948 to 1973. The play was the first in Uhry's Atlanta Trilogy, which deals with Jewish residents of that city in the early 20th century.
Oscar for best adapted screenplay, 1989. Other articles where Alfred Uhry is discussed: Martha Clarke: …Reapers (2011; with text by Alfred Uhry), which explores the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers; Chéri (2013), based on French author Colette’s 1920 novel; and Canticle (God’s Fool) (2021), a narrative about St. Francis of Assisi.
By following his own cardinal rule for creating characters (“Try to tell the truth”) in the plays Driving Miss Daisy , The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and Parade, Uhry has reaped honors from Broadway to Hollywood, winning his profession’s highest awards for dramatic writing.
Nov 5, 2019 · Alfred Uhry’s moving, Pulitzer-Prize-winning play “Driving Miss Daisy” remains an important commentary on race relations in America, hailed for its heartwarming use of comedy and friendship to reveal the common humanity between an elderly Jewish widow and her African-American chauffeur.
Driving Miss Daisy, one-act play by Alfred Uhry, produced and published in 1987. The play won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for drama. It is the story of a friendship that develops over a 25-year period between Daisy Werthan, an elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta, and Hoke Coleburn, the African.
