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Edna Anhalt(1914-1987)

  • Writer
  • Producer
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Edna Anhalt was an American screenwriter, often working as part of a writing team with her husband Edward Anhalt (1914-2000). Her writing credits span the years 1947 to 1957.

Anhalt's claim to fame is winning the Academy Award for Best Story for the film "Panic in the Streets" (1950) concerning an epidemic of pneumonic plague, and for being nominated again for the film "The Sniper" (1952) concerning a spree killer with misogynist tendencies.

In 1957, Edna and Edward Anhalt received a divorce, and stopped working as a writing team. Edna retired, while Edward continued working as a screenwriter until 1989.
BornApril 10, 1914
Died1987
BornApril 10, 1914
Died1987
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Panic in the Streets (1950)
Panic in the Streets
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1950
Geraldine Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Arthur Franz, and Marie Windsor in The Sniper (1952)
The Sniper
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1952
Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, and Frank Sinatra in The Pride and the Passion (1957)
The Pride and the Passion
5.7
  • Writer
  • 1957
Gloria Henry, Anabel Shaw, and Ron Randell in Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1947

Credits

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Writer



  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)
    The Virginian
    7.6
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • 1965
  • Hal Baylor, Hans Conried, and Chuck Hicks in Schlitz Playhouse (1951)
    Schlitz Playhouse
    7.4
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1957–1958
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
    6.7
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1958
  • Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, and Frank Sinatra in The Pride and the Passion (1957)
    The Pride and the Passion
    5.7
    • screen story and screenplay
    • 1957
  • Playhouse 90 (1956)
    Playhouse 90
    8.3
    TV Series
    • script
    • 1957
  • Not as a Stranger (1955)
    Not as a Stranger
    6.7
    • written for the screen by
    • 1955
  • Three Lives (1953)
    Three Lives
    5.5
    Short
    • writer
    • 1953
  • Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates, Julie Harris, and Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding (1952)
    The Member of the Wedding
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • Geraldine Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Arthur Franz, and Marie Windsor in The Sniper (1952)
    The Sniper
    7.1
    • story
    • 1952
  • Panic in the Streets (1950)
    Panic in the Streets
    7.2
    • story
    • 1950
  • Return of the Frontiersman (1950)
    Return of the Frontiersman
    5.7
    • story and screenplay
    • 1950
  • Audie Murphy, Wanda Hendrix, Burl Ives, and Richard Rober in Sierra (1950)
    Sierra
    6.4
    • Writer
    • 1950
  • Bruce Bennett, James Brown, Robert Hutton, Wayne Morris, and Janis Paige in The Younger Brothers (1949)
    The Younger Brothers
    5.2
    • screenplay
    • 1949
  • Geraldine Brooks and Dane Clark in Embraceable You (1948)
    Embraceable You
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • 1948
  • Gloria Henry, Anabel Shaw, and Ron Randell in Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
    Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
    6.4
    • screenplay
    • 1947

Producer



  • Lee Marvin, Mary Castle, Bonar Colleano, George Cooper, Nick Dennis, Arthur Franz, James Griffith, Richard Kiley, and Dickie Moore in Eight Iron Men (1952)
    Eight Iron Men
    6.5
    • associate producer
    • 1952
  • Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates, Julie Harris, and Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding (1952)
    The Member of the Wedding
    6.7
    • associate producer
    • 1952
  • Geraldine Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Arthur Franz, and Marie Windsor in The Sniper (1952)
    The Sniper
    7.1
    • associate producer
    • 1952
  • John Beal, Millard Mitchell, Harry Morgan, Gilbert Roland, and Marshall Thompson in My Six Convicts (1952)
    My Six Convicts
    6.5
    • associate producer
    • 1952

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 10, 1914
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • 1987
  • Spouse
    • Edward Anhalt? - 1956 (divorced)

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