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Leo Rosten(1908-1997)

  • Writer
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Leo Rosten was born on 11 April 1908 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for All Through the Night (1942), Lured (1947) and Sleep, My Love (1948). He died on 19 February 1997 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornApril 11, 1908
DiedFebruary 19, 1997(88)
BornApril 11, 1908
DiedFebruary 19, 1997(88)
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Known for

Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Edward Brophy, Martin Kosleck, Frank McHugh, Conrad Veidt, and Karen Verne in All Through the Night (1942)
All Through the Night
7.1
  • Writer(as Leonard Q. Ross)
  • 1942
Boris Karloff, Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, and Cedric Hardwicke in Lured (1947)
Lured
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1947
Don Ameche, Claudette Colbert, Hazel Brooks, and Robert Cummings in Sleep, My Love (1948)
Sleep, My Love
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1948
Hedy Lamarr and Paul Henreid in The Conspirators (1944)
The Conspirators
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1944

Credits

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  • Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, and Bobby Darin in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
    Captain Newman, M.D.
    6.9
    • novel
    • 1963
  • Rod Taylor in Hong Kong (1960)
    Hong Kong
    8.0
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1961
  • Goodyear Theatre (1957)
    Goodyear Theatre
    7.1
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1958
  • Tony Curtis and Martha Hyer in Mister Cory (1957)
    Mister Cory
    6.6
    • from a story by
    • 1957
  • George Murphy in Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
    Walk East on Beacon!
    5.7
    • story and screenplay
    • 1952
  • Groucho Marx and Jane Russell in Double Dynamite (1951)
    Double Dynamite
    5.9
    • story
    • 1951
  • Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish, and Lenore Lonergan in The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
    The Whistle at Eaton Falls
    6.8
    • additional dialogue
    • 1951
  • Where Danger Lives (1950)
    Where Danger Lives
    6.7
    • story
    • 1950
  • Rosalind Russell in The Velvet Touch (1948)
    The Velvet Touch
    6.8
    • screen play
    • 1948
  • Don Ameche, Claudette Colbert, Hazel Brooks, and Robert Cummings in Sleep, My Love (1948)
    Sleep, My Love
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • novel
    • 1948
  • Boris Karloff, Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, and Cedric Hardwicke in Lured (1947)
    Lured
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • 1947
  • Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    The Dark Corner
    7.1
    • story
    • 1946
  • Hedy Lamarr and Paul Henreid in The Conspirators (1944)
    The Conspirators
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • 1944
  • Mechanized Patrolling
    Short
    • Writer (as Leonard Q. Ross)
    • 1943
  • Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in They Got Me Covered (1943)
    They Got Me Covered
    6.5
    • original story (as Leonard Q. Ross)
    • 1943

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Leonard Q. Ross
  • Born
    • April 11, 1908
    • Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]
  • Died
    • February 19, 1997
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Other works
    Book: "The Joys of Yiddish"

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  • Trivia
    Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 528-529. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Quotes
    On W.C. Fields: "Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."

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