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- Birth nameSidney Kirshner
- Sidney Kingsley was born on October 22, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Detective Story (1951), Dead End (1937) and Men in White (1934). He was married to Madge Evans. He died on March 20, 1995 in Oakland, New Jersey, USA.
- SpouseMadge Evans(July 25, 1939 - April 26, 1981) (her death)
- Won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Men in White".
- From 1935, he (and his wife,the actress Madge Evans) lived in an 18th century house on a 250-acre estate near Oakland.
- Studied at Cornell University on a scholarship, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1928. He briefly flirted with the acting profession, before moving to Hollywood to work as a scenario reader for Columbia. For three years, he worked on his first play, "Men in White", which was first performed by the Group Theatre in 1933 and turned into a movie the following year.
- Was a board member of both Cafe La Mama and the Martha Graham dance company.
- His hobbies included painting, sculpture, woodworking and collecting early American artefacts.
- Dead End (1937) - $165,000
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