- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSidney Coe Howard
- Sidney Howard was born on June 26, 1891 in Oakland, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Dodsworth (1936) and Arrowsmith (1931). He was married to Leopoldine Blaine Damrosch and Clare Eames. He died on August 23, 1939 in Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpousesLeopoldine Blaine Damrosch(January 10, 1931 - August 23, 1939) (his death, 3 children)Clare Eames(June 1, 1922 - March 1, 1930) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesTony Goldwyn(Grandchild)Emily Goldwyn(Great Grandchild)Anna Musky-Goldwyn(Great Grandchild)John Goldwyn(Grandchild)
- The first person to win an Academy Award posthumously (for Gone with the Wind (1939)).
- Worked under contract at United Artists (1929-31 and 1936). He labored on the script of Gone with the Wind (1939) for more than a year with David O. Selznick, but never saw a single reel of the completed film; he died in an accident on his farm in Massachusetts when the tractor he was driving rolled over on top of him.
- Grandfather of Tony Goldwyn.
- The first person to win both the Pulitzer Prize (Drama, 1925, for "They Knew What They Wanted") and the Academy Award for Best Screenplay (1939 for Gone with the Wind (1939)).
- Father with first wife Clare of Jennifer Howard.
- Gone with the Wind (1940) - $84,834
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