Samuel A. Taylor(1912-2000)

Writer
Director

Samuel A. Taylor was born on 13 June 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Sabrina (1954), Vertigo (1958) and Sabrina (1995). He was married to Suzanne Combes Taylor. He died on 26 May 2000 in Blue Hill, Maine, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

Known for

Sabrina

7.6

Writer(as Samuel Taylor)

1954

Vertigo

8.2

Writer(as Samuel Taylor)

1958

Sabrina

6.3

Writer(as Samuel Taylor)

1995

The Eddy Duchin Story

6.8

Writer(as Samuel Taylor)

1956

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Writer

Sabrina
6.3
- play
- earlier screenplay (as Samuel Taylor, as Samuel Taylor)
- 1995
Avanti
TV Movie
- play
- 1994
Avanti
TV Movie
- play (as Samuel Taylor)
- 1990
Avanti!
7.2
- play "Avanti!" (as Samuel Taylor)
- 1972
The Love Machine
4.7
- screenplay (as Samuel Taylor)
- 1971
Promise at Dawn
6.2
- play
- 1970
Topaz
6.2
- screenplay (as Samuel Taylor)
- 1969
Unsere liebste Freundin
TV Movie
- play
- 1968
Rosie!
6.8
- screenplay (as Samuel Taylor)
- 1967
Three on a Couch
5.8
- screenplay
- 1966
Soförün kizi
5.8
- play "Sabrina Fair" (uncredited)
- 1965
Sabrina
TV Movie
- play
- 1963
Sabrina
TV Movie
- play "Sabrina fair"
- 1963
The Pleasure of His Company
6.7
- play
- screenplay
- 1961
Goodbye Again
7.0
- screenplay (as Samuel Taylor)
- 1961

Director

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Alternative name
- Samuel Taylor
Born
- June 13, 1912
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
- May 26, 2000
- Blue Hill, Maine, USA(heart failure)
Spouse
- Suzanne Combes Taylor1940 - May 26, 2000 (his death, 2 children)
Other works
Stage: Wrote "The Happy Time", produced on Broadway (his first Broadway play).

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Distinguished American playwright. Studied at the University of California at Berkely in the early 1930's. Briefly joined the Merchant Marine, then settled in New York. Held simultaneous jobs writing radio comedy, as well as doctoring, or re-writing stage plays. The first of his own plays, 'The Happy Time', opened on Broadway in January 1950. His best-known work, 'Sabrina Fair' was a huge hit on Broadway in 1953 and filmed with even greater success the following year. Taylor also collaborated on the screenplay of Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' in 1958.