Biography
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades, which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
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Filmography
all 36
Movies 33
Writer 29
TV Shows 3
Creator 2
Screenplay 2
self 1
Writer
From 180 & Taller (2005)
Movie
Writer
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)
Movie
Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
Movie
Novel
Rich Man, Poor Man... (1982)
TV
Novel
Rich Man, Poor Man... (1982)
Movie
Writer
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories (1981)
Movie
Writer
The Top of the Hill (1980)
Movie
Writer
Beggarman, Thief (1979)
Movie
Writer
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
Movie
Creator / Characters
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)
TV
Creator / Novel
Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
TV
Writer
Three (1969)
Movie
Writer
Bury the Dead (1969)
Movie
Writer
Survival 1967 (1968)
Movie
Writer
Towarisch (1966)
Movie
Writer
Brooklyn-Ballade (1965)
Movie
Writer
In the French Style (1963)
Movie
Writer
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Movie
Writer
The Big Gamble (1961)
Movie
Writer
The Young Lions (1958)
Movie
Writer
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Movie
Writer
This Angry Age (1957)
Movie
Writer
Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
Movie
Writer
Fire Down Below (1957)
Movie
Screenplay
Ulysses (1954)
Movie
Writer
Act of Love (1953)
Movie
Writer
I Want You (1951)
Movie
Writer
Easy Living (1949)
Movie
Writer
Take One False Step (1949)
Movie
Writer
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Movie
Writer
George Stevens World War II Footage (1946)
Movie
Writer
The Great Moment (1944)
Movie
Writer
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
Movie
Screenplay
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Movie
Writer
Out of the Fog (1941)
Movie
6
Writer
The Big Game (1936)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.75
Based on 46.5 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1962
1958
2005
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1913-02-27
Deathday1984-05-16 (71 years old)
Birth NameIrwin Gilbert Shamforoff
Birth PlaceSouth Bronx, United States of America
SiblingsDavid Shaw
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsИрвин Шоу
AwardsO. Henry Award
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