Jerome Lawrence Schwartz Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jerome Lawrence (born Jerome Lawrence Schwartz; July 14, 1915 – February 29, 2004) was an American playwright and author. After graduating from Ohio State University in 1937 and the University of California, Los Angeles in 1939, Lawrence partnered with Robert Edwin Lee to help create Armed Forces Radio. The two built a partnership over their lifetimes, and continued to collaborate on screenplays and musicals until Lee's death in 1994.Lawrence and Lee won positive acclaim for the 1955 screenplay Inherit the Wind, based on the Scopes Trial. Lawrence describes the couple's plays as "shar[ing] the theme of the dignity of every individual mind, and that mind's life-long battle against limitation and censorship". The two deliberately avoided Broadway later in their careers and formed the American Playwrights Theater in 1963 to help promote their plays. After Lee's death, Lawrence continued to write plays in his Malibu, California home. He died in Malibu on February 29, 2004, from complications of a stroke.
Writers Guild of America Award - Valentine Davies Award, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Musical, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation
Movies
First Monday in October, Mame, Inherit the Wind, Auntie Mame, Actor
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1966 Tony Award for book written with Robert E. Lee as part of Best Musical nomination for "Mame."
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inherit the Wind
1999
TV Movie play
Inherit the Wind
1988
TV Movie play
First Monday in October
1981
play / screenplay
Actor
1978
TV Movie book / screenplay
Rickles
1975
TV Movie play excerpt
Lincoln
1975
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
Mame
1974
Broadway musical / stage play 'Auntie Mame' - as Lawrence
Inherit the Wind
1965
TV Movie play
Shangri-La
1960
TV Movie musical libretto / play
Inherit the Wind
1960
play
West Point
TV Series 29 episodes, 1956 - 1957 teleplay - 1 episode, 1956
The Halls of Ivy
1955
TV Series 2 episodes
Your Favorite Story
TV Series teleplay - 7 episodes, 1953 adaptation - 5 episodes, 1953 writer - 3 episodes, 1953 original story - 1 episode, 1954
The Unexpected
TV Series 1 episode, 1952 writer - 23 episodes, 1952 teleplay - 1 episode, 1952 written by - 1 episode, 1952
The Schaefer Century Theatre
1952
TV Series original story - 1 episode
Tonight on Broadway
1948
TV Series book - 1 episode
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Auntie Mame
1958
adapted for the stage by
Your Favorite Story
TV Series production consultant - 12 episodes, 1953 literary consultant - 4 episodes, 1953 - 1955 literary consultants - 1 episode, 1953
The Unexpected
TV Series production consultant - 19 episodes, 1952 production coordinator - 2 episodes, 1952 story consultant - 1 episode, 1952 production counsellor - 1 episode, 1952
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Your Favorite Story
1953
TV Series production consultant - 1 episode
The Unexpected
1952
TV Series production consultant - 4 episodes
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shangri-La
1960
TV Movie lyrics: "Om Mani Padme Hum", "Lost Horizon", "The Man I Never Met", "The World Outside", "I'm Just a Little Bit Confused", "Second Time in Love", "Walk Sweet", "Love Is What I Never Knew", "Shangri-La", "Man in the Dark", "Men Are Only Boys Grown Tall"
The Ed Sullivan Show
1956
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Corwin
1996
TV Movie
Himself
Working in the Theatre
1985
TV Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1984
Valentine Davies Award
Writers Guild of America, USA
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1982
WGA Award (Screen)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
First Monday in October (1981)
1978
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation