Murray Schisgal
Murray Schisgal (born November 25, 1926 in New York City , New York - † October 1, 2020 in Port Chester , New York) was an American author , screenwriter and playwright .
Life
Shisgal was born the son of Lithuanian immigrants. He began to write in his youth, but he only achieved fame some time later with his plays "Tipse - Tipser" (The Typists) and "The Tiger" (1960), which were successfully staged on Broadway . From the 1960s he also wrote screenplays such as "What about Love", "Boys and Girls" and "Tootsie". Schisgal died in October 2020 at the age of 93.
Works and film adaptations
- 1960: Tipse - Tipser (The Typists)
- 1960: The Tiger
- 1963: windward
- 1965: The Old Jew
- 1969: Jimmy Shine
- 1970: The Chinese
- 1980: The Pushcart Peddlers
- 1982: Tootsie
- 1999: A walk on the moon
Nominations
- In 1965 he was nominated for the Tony Award in two categories for the play "Luv" .
- For the screenplay for the film Tootsie, he was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar .
Web links
- Murray Schisgal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ stadt-oppenheim.de contribution to Tipse - Tipser ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Will Dudding: Murray Schisgal, Who Brought the Absurd to the Mainstream, Dies at 93. In: The New York Times , October 2, 2020 (English). Retrieved October 3, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schisgal, Murray |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author, screenwriter, and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 2020 |
| Place of death | Port Chester , New York |