Samuel A. Taylor Net Worth

Samuel A. Taylor Net Worth is
$800,000

Samuel A. Taylor Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Samuel A. Taylor (June 13, 1912 – May 26, 2000) was an American playwright and screenwriter.Born Samuel Albert Tanenbaum, in a Jewish family, in Chicago, Illinois, Taylor made his Broadway debut as author of the play The Happy Time in 1950. He wrote the play Sabrina Fair (1953) and co-wrote its film adaptation released the following year. In 1955, he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay. His early success brought him more work in Hollywood, including the biographical film The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) and the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo (1958).His film career faded after the initial box office failure of Vertigo, though Hitchcock and Taylor remained frequent collaborators. He was often contracted to write drafts for Hitchcock's later films, such as Torn Curtain (1966), though Taylor's only other Hitchcock screenplay (apart from Vertigo) was for Topaz (1969).Taylor was nominated for his only Tony Award in as co-producer of the musical play No Strings (1962), for which he also wrote the book. Other playwrighting credits include Avanti! (1968), which he later adapted for the Billy Wilder film released in 1972 and Legend (1976).Taylor died of heart failure in Blue Hill, Maine. His credits are sometimes confused with those of novelist and screenwriter Samuel W. Taylor.

Date Of BirthJune 13, 1912
Died2000-05-26
Place Of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
ProfessionWriter, Director
SpouseSuzanne Combes Taylor
Star SignGemini
#Fact
1Distinguished American playwright. Studied at the University of California at Berkely in the early 1930's. Briefly joined the Merchant Marine, then settled in New York. Held simultaneous jobs writing radio comedy, as well as doctoring, or re-writing stage plays. The first of his own plays, 'The Happy Time', opened on Broadway in January 1950. His best-known work, 'Sabrina Fair' was a huge hit on Broadway in 1953 and filmed with even greater success the following year. Taylor also collaborated on the screenplay of Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' in 1958.
2Was nominated for Broadway's 1962 Tony Award as author of book and co-producer, with Richard Rodgers, of Best Musical nominee "No Strings."

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sabrina1995earlier screenplay - as Samuel Taylor / play - as Samuel Taylor
Avanti1994TV Movie play
Avanti1990TV Movie play - as Samuel Taylor
Avanti!1972play "Avanti!" - as Samuel Taylor
The Love Machine1971screenplay - as Samuel Taylor
Promise at Dawn1970play
Topaz1969screenplay - as Samuel Taylor
Unsere liebste Freundin1968TV Movie
Rosie!1967
Three on a Couch1966screenplay
Soförün kizi1966play "Sabrina Fair" - uncredited
Sabrina1963TV Movie play "Sabrina fair"
The Pleasure of His Company1961play / screenplay
Goodbye Again1961screenplay - as Samuel Taylor
Ask rüyasi1959play "Sabrina Fair" - uncredited
General Electric TheaterTV Series adaptation - 1 episode, 1958 teleplay - 1 episode, 1955
Vertigo1958screenplay - as Samuel Taylor
The Montecarlo Story1956original story / screenplay
The Eddy Duchin Story1956screenplay - as Samuel Taylor
Sabrina1954from the play by - as Samuel Taylor / written for the screen by - as Samuel Taylor
The Happy Time1952play

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Montecarlo Story1956

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Obsessed with Vertigo1997TV Short documentary acknowledgment: photos courtesy of

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Reputations1999TV Series documentaryHimself - Screenwriter, Vertigo / Himself - Screenwriter and Friend
Obsessed with Vertigo1997TV Short documentaryHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1955Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest ScreenplaySabrina (1954)
1955WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Written American ComedySabrina (1954)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1959Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Writing of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One HourGeneral Electric Theater (1953)
1957WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Written American MusicalThe Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
1955OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Writing, ScreenplaySabrina (1954)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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