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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.
- June 9, 1922, New York City, U.S.
- 4, including Jonathan Axelrod
- 1954–87
- June 21, 2003 (aged 81), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Jun 23, 2003 · George Axelrod, a writer whose sexually frank farces and feverishly witty satires of the 1950's and 60's heralded the more hedonistic and cynical pop-culture sensibility of later...
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).
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
George Axelrod, the playwright, director and screenwriter who penned the American stage comedy, The Seven Year Itch, which popularized that term and became a film hit, died June 21 in his...
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....
George Axelrod was born on June 9, 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.
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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.
