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Frank Daniel Gilroy (October 13, 1925 – September 12, 2015) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama [ 1 ] for his play The Subject Was Roses in 1965.
Frank D. Gilroy, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright who established himself as a screenwriter for television before breaking through as a dramatist with his 1964 Broadway hit The Subject Was Roses (1968), was born in New York City on October 13, 1925.
- Writer, Director, Producer
- October 13, 1925
- Frank D. Gilroy
- September 12, 2015
Sep 13, 2015 · Frank D. Gilroy, whose 1964 Broadway debut, “The Subject Was Roses,” won the theater’s triple crown — a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony and a Drama Critics’ Circle Award — but proved to be the ...
Sep 14, 2015 · Frank D. Gilroy, a playwright whose searing 1964 family drama “The Subject Was Roses” won the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award and overshadowed an extensive career writing and directing movies,...
Sep 14, 2015 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank D. Gilroy, whose play about a veteran’s fraught return home, “The Subject Was Roses,” won him a Pulitzer Prize, died Saturday in Monroe, New York. He was 89. He passed away of natural causes, his family announced through a statement.
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Sep 14, 2015 · The play landed Gilroy theater's triple crown: a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award and a Drama Critics' Circle Award. Gilroy died on Saturday at age 89. In a statement, his family...
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Sep 15, 2015 · Frank D. Gilroy, who won a Pulitzer Prize with his first Broadway play, “The Subject Was Roses,” died of natural causes Saturday in Monroe, N.Y., his family said. He was 89.