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- Birth nameGeorge Clarke Jenkins
- George Jenkins was born on November 19, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for All the President's Men (1976), The China Syndrome (1979) and Klute (1971). He was married to Phyllis Adams and Barbara Wylie. He died on April 6, 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- SpousesPhyllis Adams(May 6, 1955 - February 26, 2004) (her death, 1 child)Barbara Wylie(1943 - 1950) (1 child)
- Frequent set-decorator in Alan J. Pakula films
- He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He started his art direction career designing productions for a Philadelphia theater group. He designed and lighted sets on Broadway during the 1940s, and gained prominence for his work on "I Remember Mama" in 1944.
- Producer Samuel Goldwyn asked him to move to Hollywood. Jenkins' first film assignment was "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946).
- Father of daughter Jane Jenkins Dumas.
- His Oscar-winning work on "All the President's Men" (1976) included recreating, on a sound-stage, the Washington Post newsroom. Carl Bernstein, one of the reporters portrayed in the film, remarked how accurate the set was: "[Jenkins] had recreated it down to the trash on our desks.".
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Art Directors Branch).
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