Sidney Kingsley was born on October 22, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA as Sidney Kirshner. He was a writer, known for Detective Story (1951), Dead End (1937) and Homecoming (1948). He was married to Madge Evans. He died on March 20, 1995 in Oakland, New Jersey, USA.
At one time, President of the Dramatists Guild. From 1977, founding chairman of New Jersey's Motion Picture and Television Development Commission.
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Served in the U.S. Army during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant.
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Studied at Cornell University on a scholarship, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1928. He briefly flirted with the acting profession, before moving to Hollywood to work as a scenario reader for Columbia. For three years, he worked on his first play, "Men in White", which was first performed by the Group Theatre in 1933 and turned into a movie the following year.
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From 1935, he (and his wife,the actress Madge Evans) lived in an 18th century house on a 250-acre estate near Oakland.
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His hobbies included painting, sculpture, woodworking and collecting early American artefacts.
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Won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Men in White".
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Was a board member of both Cafe La Mama and the Martha Graham dance company.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Teatro estudio
1978
TV Series 1 episode
Estudio 1
1971-1978
TV Series 2 episodes
Great Performances
TV Series play - 1 episode, 1976 teleplay - 1 episode, 1976
$8 Million
