Lonnie Coleman Net Worth
Lonnie Coleman Net Worth is
$1.2 Million
Lonnie Coleman Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Lonnie Coleman (1920–1982) was an American novelist and playwright best known for writing the Beulah Land trilogy. He was born William Laurence "Lonnie" Coleman August 2, 1920, in Bartow, Georgia. He attended grade and high schools in various cities in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1942 with a B.A. degree. From 1942 to 1946 he was in the U.S. Navy, spending most of his time at sea as gunnery officer and then as first lieutenant on a troop transport which took part in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Okinawa and landed the first occupation troops in Kyushu, Japan.He died from cancer in Candler General Hospital on August 13, 1982 in Savannah, Georgia at age 62. His first novel was published in 1944. Coleman was an associate editor at Ladies Home Journal 1947-1950 and Collier's, 1951-1955. Coleman's 1959 novel "Sam" is considered a groundbreaking novel in American literature in its depiction of homosexuality and metropolitan gay life. Coleman's book "Beulah Land" was a New York Times Best Seller in 1974 and earned a record-breaking $800,000 paperback rights contract. His novels "Beulah Land" and "Look Away, Beulah Land" were filmed in 1980 as the NBC miniseries Beulah Land starring Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Sarrazin. Meredith Baxter, and Don Johnson. Coleman had three plays produced on Broadway, but none were successful. "Jolly's Progress" starred Eartha Kitt and Wendell Corey and ran for a week in December 1959. His other two plays closed after opening night. His lone screenplay was for the 1958 film Hot Spell (film) which starred Shirley Booth and Anthony Quinn. | Date Of Birth | August 2, 1920, Bartow, Georgia, United States |
| Died | August 13, 1982, Savannah, Georgia, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Georgia, USA |
| Profession | Writer |
| Education | University of Alabama |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Novelist and playwright. He held editorial positions with Ladies Home Journal, Colliers Magazine and The Dallas Morning News in the 1940's and 1950's. Wrote his best-selling trilogy, Beulah Land, in Brighton, England. After living on the west coast of Ireland for several years, returned to America and died in Savannah, Georgia in August 1982. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah Land | 1980 | TV Mini-Series novels "Beulah Land; Look Away" and "Beulah Land" | |
| Hot Spell | 1958 | novel "Next of Kin" | |
| Playwrights '56 | 1956 | TV Series novel - 1 episode |
Known for movies
Beulah Land (1980)
as Writer
Hot Spell (1958)
as Writer
Playwrights '56 (1956)
as Writer