Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (/ ˈ m æ ŋ k ə w ɪ t s / MANG-kə-wits; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and won both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in consecutive years for A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950), the latter ...
A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 American romantic drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern.The film was adapted by Vera Caspary and written for the screen by Mankiewicz from A Letter to Five Wives, a story by John Klempner that appeared in Cosmopolitan, based on Klempner's 1945 novel.
[1]: 107 In mid 1948, she became romantically involved with Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the director of A Letter to Three Wives, and in July 1948 she filed for divorce. Mankiewicz, however, was unwilling to leave his wife for Darnell, and though the affair continued for six years, she returned to her husband.
The Mankiewicz family is an American family of German-Jewish descent, with members including: Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897–1953), Hollywood screenwriter (1 Oscar) (brother of Joseph) Don Mankiewicz (1922–2015), screenwriter (son of Herman) John Mankiewicz (born 1954), screenwriter and producer (son of Don)
A Letter to Three Wives: Sadie Dugan Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Uncredited City Across the River: Mrs. Katie Cusack Maxwell Shane: Father Was a Fullback: Geraldine John M. Stahl: 1950 Perfect Strangers: Lena Fassler Bretaigne Windust: I'll Get By: Miss Murphy Richard Sale: All About Eve: Birdie Coonan Joseph L. Mankiewicz: 1951 The Mating Season ...
Josh Mankiewicz (left) poses with newlyweds Sara Runnels (middle) and her husband, Adam, after officiating their wedding on Oct. 12, 2024. Alexandrae Photo
Children Christopher and Tom Mankiewicz Rose Luise Maria Stradner (July 31, 1913 – September 27, 1958) was an Austrian stage and film actress, who starred opposite Edward G. Robinson , James Stewart , Gregory Peck , and other leading men of her era. [ 1 ]
Josh Mankiewicz is a correspondent for Dateline NBC, the longest running primetime show in NBC history. He began reporting for the newsmagazine in February 1995, and since then, he has contributed ...