Irwin Shaw
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 27, 1913
- Died
- May 16, 1984 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
Known For
Filmography
Dobrodinec
TV · Short Story · 1 ep
From 180 & Taller
Movie · Novel
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Movie · Short Story
Rich Man, Poor Man...
Movie · Novel
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Movie · Book
Rich Man, Poor Man...
TV · Novel · 4 eps
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Movie · Short Story
Top of the Hill
TV · Story · 2 eps
Beggarman, Thief
TV · Novel · 2 eps
Evening in Byzantium
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV · Novel · 12 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV · Characters · 22 eps
Playhouse
TV · Short Story · 1 ep
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses
Movie · Writer
Centre Play
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Bury the Dead
Movie · Writer
Three
Movie · Story
In the French Style
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie · Novel
The Big Gamble
Movie · Writer
The Young Lions
Movie · Novel
Desire Under the Elms
Movie · Screenplay
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Movie · Novel
Fire Down Below
Movie · Screenplay
This Angry Age
Movie · Writer
War and Peace
Movie · Screenplay
Ulysses
Movie · Screenplay
Act of Love
Movie · Writer
I Want You
Movie · Screenplay
Take One False Step
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
Easy Living
Movie · Story
The Talk of the Town
Movie · Screenplay
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Movie · Screenplay
Out of the Fog
Movie · Theatre Play
The Big Game
Movie · Screenplay