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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Ueli Steiger to Milt Tarver
Stewart Stern Biography (1922-)
Born March 22, 1922, in New York; father, a doctor and an artist; uncle, Adolph Zukor (producer and former chairman of Paramount). Career: Screenwriter, actor, dialogue director, and stage manager. Eagle Lion Studios, dialogue director, 1946-48. Military service: Served in World War II for U.S. military. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best writing-story, 1951, for Teresa(with Alfred Hayes); Academy Award nomination, best screenplay based on material from another medium, 1968, for Rachel, Rachel; Emmy Award, best writing, special program-drama or comedy adaptation,1977, for Sybil..
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, actor, director, theatrical manager
- Birth Details
- March 22, 1922
- New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Dialogue Director
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T-Men, Kino On Video, 1947
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Railroaded!, 1947
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Hollow Triumph (also known as The Scar), 1948
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He Walked By Night, Kino On Video, 1948
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Film Appearances
- Himself, Stelle Emigranti, 1983
- Cook, Fright Night, 1985
- Interviewee, The Celluloid Closet, 1995
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Television Appearances
- Writer, Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (movie), CBS, 1983
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Stage Work
- Stage manager, The French Touch, Broadway Production, New York City, 1945-46
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- (With Alfred Hayes) Teresa, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
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Benjy, Paramount, 1951
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Rebel Without a Cause, Warner Bros., 1955
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The Rack, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
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The James Dean Story, Warner Bros., 1957
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Thunder in the Sky, Paramount, 1959
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The Outsider, Universal, 1961
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The Ugly American, Universal, 1963
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Rachel, Rachel, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
- (Story with Dennis Hopper) The Last Movie (also known as Chinchero), Universal, 1971
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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, Columbia, 1973
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Television Work
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Writer; Episodic
- "Thunder Silence," Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, NBC, 1954
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Writer; Miniseries
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Sybil, NBC, 1976
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Writer; Movies
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A Christmas to Remember, CBS, 1978
- Also wrote Crip;
And Crown They Good;
Heart of Darkness.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
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Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 26, Gale, Detroit, MI, 1984.
Periodicals:
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American Film, October 1983, pp. 20-22.*
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