Edna Anhalt

Edna Anhalt
Born
Edna Thompson

April 10, 1914
New York City, New York, USA
Died1987
OccupationScreenwriter
SpouseEdward Anhalt (div.)

Edna Anhalt (born Edna Thompson) was an American screenwriter, television writer, and film producer.[1]

Biography

Together with then-husband Edward Anhalt, she enjoyed some considerable success in a 10-year stretch from 1947 to her retirement in 1957. This stretch was capped with an Academy Award for Best Story win for Elia Kazan's 1950 film Panic in the Streets, and another nomination two years later for The Sniper.[2] She also wrote the screenplays to The Member of the Wedding (1952), Not as a Stranger (1955) and The Pride and the Passion (1957),[3] which was her last film credit.

Following her divorce from Edward, she later moved into television script-writing and wrote episodes for anthologies The Schlitz Playhouse (1957), General Electric Theatre (1958), and The Virginian (1965).[4]

Filmography

Year[5] Film Role
1947 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Script
1948 The Younger Brothers Script
1948 Embraceable You Script
1950 Panic in the Streets From a Story By
1950 Sierra Screenplay
1950 Return of the Frontiersman Screenplay
1952 My Six Convicts Associate Producer
1952 Eight Iron Men Associate Producer
1952 The Sniper Associate Producer. Original Story
1953 The Member of the Wedding Associate Producer, Script
1955 Not as a Stranger Script
1957 The Hole Card Teleplay
1957 The Pride and the Passion Screen Story and Screenplay by

References

  1. ^ "Edward anhalt". OBITUARY. Variety. 2000-09-11. Retrieved 2009-08-05.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ Lyon, Christopher; James Vinson; Susan Doll; Greg S. Faller (1987). International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Writers and production artists. St. James Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780912289090.
  3. ^ "Internet Movie Database - Edna Anhalt". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  4. ^ "Edna Anhalt, Hidden in Her Husband's Shadow Despite Her Academy Award". Script. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  5. ^ "BFI -Edna Anhalt". Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-26.


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