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Michael Blankfort

Overview

  • Born
    December 10, 1907 · New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    July 13, 1982 · Los Angeles, California, USA (complications from a fall)
  • Birth name
    Seymour Michael Blankfort

Mini bio

  • Michael Blankfort was born on December 10, 1907 in New York City, New York, USA. Michael was a writer and producer, known for Broken Arrow (1950), The Caine Mutiny (1954) and Halls of Montezuma (1951). Michael was married to Dorothy V. Stiles and Laurette Spingarn. Michael died on July 13, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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  • Spouses
      Dorothy V. Stiles(1950 - December 1971) (divorced)
      Laurette Spingarn(June 7, 1931 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)

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  • American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and keen art collector, a former professor at Princeton University. He was a prison psychologist in New Jersey before moving to Hollywood in 1937. In 1950 he fronted for blacklisted writer Albert Maltz on Broken Arrow (1950).
  • President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1967-69.
  • Father: Henry Blankfort; Mother: Hannah Goldstein.

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