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George Axelrod

Writer, Producer, Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Born June 9, 1922Died June 21, 2003 (81 years)
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Holcroft Covenant

Known For

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • The Manchurian Candidate
  • The Seven Year Itch
  • How to Murder Your Wife
  • The Fourth Protocol
  • Phffft
  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
  • Lord Love a Duck
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
  • Goodbye Charlie
  • The Holcroft Covenant
  • Studio One

Filmography

2004
1985
1979
The Lady Vanishes · as Screenplay
1968
1966
1965
1964
Paris When It Sizzles · as Screenplay
1962
The Manchurian Candidate · as Screenplay
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's · as Screenplay
1958
1956
Bus Stop · as Screenplay
1955
The Seven Year Itch · as Screenplay
1948
Studio One (TV Series)

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