George S. Kaufman

WriterAdditional CrewDirector
Born
November 16, 1889
Died
June 2, 1961

American playwright of acerbic wit. Twice won the Pulitzer Prize, and is best known for his collaborative authorship of "Once in a Lifetime," with Moss Hart (1930); "Of Thee I Sing," with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin (1931); "Dinner at Eight," with Edna Ferber (1932); "You Can't Take It with You"…

Biography

American playwright of acerbic wit. Twice won the Pulitzer Prize, and is best known for his collaborative authorship of "Once in a Lifetime," with Moss Hart (1930); "Of Thee I Sing," with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin (1931); "Dinner at Eight," with Edna Ferber (1932); "You Can't Take It with You" and "The Man Who Came to Dinner," again with Hart (1936 and 1939, respectively) and "The Solid Gold Cadillac," with Howard Teichmann (1953). (George Gershwin supplied the music for "Of Thee I Sing.")

Actor

Strawhat Cinderella(1949)as George S. Kaufman

Additional Crew

Of Mice and MenOf Mice and Men(1939)
A Night at the OperaA Night at the Opera(1935)

Soundtrack

June MoonJune Moon(1931)

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jack PaarThe Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar(1957)as Self
This Is Show BusinessThis Is Show Business(1949)as Self - Panelist, Self, Self - panelist
Celebrity TimeCelebrity Time(1948)as Self
Who Said That?(1948)as Self - Panelist

Known for

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John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Edna Ferber, Jean Hersholt, Phillips Holmes, George S. Kaufman, Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, George Cukor, David O. Selznick, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Edna Ferber, Jean Hersholt, George S. Kaufman, Edmund Lowe, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Karen Morley, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Pandro S. Berman, Constance Collier, Samuel S. Hinds, George S. Kaufman, Gregory La Cava, Andrea Leeds, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Morrie Ryskind, and Anthony Veiller in Stage Door (1937)John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, George Cukor, David O. Selznick, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Edna Ferber, Jean Hersholt, Phillips Holmes, George S. Kaufman, Edmund Lowe, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Karen Morley, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, George Cukor, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Edna Ferber, Jean Hersholt, Phillips Holmes, George S. Kaufman, Edmund Lowe, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Karen Morley, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, George Cukor, David O. Selznick, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Edna Ferber, Jean Hersholt, George S. Kaufman, Edmund Lowe, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)