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- Birth nameGeorge Carpenter Axelrod
- George Axelrod was born on June 9, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). He was married to Joan Axelrod and Gloria Washburn. He died on June 21, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesJoan Axelrod(October 8, 1954 - September 13, 2001) (her death, 2 children)Gloria Washburn(February 28, 1942 - June 1954) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesTaliesin Jaffe(Grandchild)
- Grandfather of Taliesin Jaffe.
- Son of silent film actress Betty Carpenter.
- Former father-in-law of actress Illeana Douglas.
- Father of Jonathan Axelrod and Nina Axelrod.
- Axelrod started out his career writing radio and TV scripts, "about 400 of them" by his own estimate in 1955.
- [on the screenplay for The Manchurian Candidate (1962)] It breaks every single known rule. It's got dream sequences, flashbacks, narration out of nowhere. When we got in trouble, it just had a voice explaining stuff. Everything in the world that you're told not to do. But that was part of its genetic code, the secret of the crossword puzzle.
- [on Richard Quine] He was sweet and highly talented, but totally insane, which made him exactly my kind of person.
- [on directing for the first time] I was in heaven! If I've been a good boy, when I die, they'll give me a big sound stage up there, with all the gunk to play with.
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) - $500 .000 (film rights)
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