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A.B. Shiffrin(1902-1998)

  • Writer
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A.B. Shiffrin was born on 28 May 1902 in Zembin, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Minsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a writer, known for Matinee Theatre (1955), Cry Murder (1950) and Kraft Mystery Theatre (1947). He died on 22 December 1998 in Florida, USA.
BornMay 28, 1902
DiedDecember 22, 1998(96)
BornMay 28, 1902
DiedDecember 22, 1998(96)
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Known for

Matinee Theatre (1955)
Matinee Theatre
6.8
TV Series
  • Writer
Cry Murder (1950)
Cry Murder
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1950
Kraft Mystery Theatre (1947)
Kraft Mystery Theatre
7.8
TV Series
  • Writer
Broadway Television Theatre (1952)
Broadway Television Theatre
6.3
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Writer

  • Een engel in het pandjeshuis
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1973
  • Der Pfandleiher (1971)
    Der Pfandleiher
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • play "Angel in the Pawnshop"
    • 1971
  • Johannes Meyer and Malene Schwartz in Pigen og pantelåneren (1960)
    Pigen og pantelåneren
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1960
  • Leihauslegende
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1959
  • Matinee Theatre (1955)
    Matinee Theatre
    6.8
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • written by
    • 1956
  • De engel in het pandjeshuis
    TV Movie
    • play: Angel in the Pawnshop
    • 1956
  • William Shatner and Basil Rathbone in Encounter (1952)
    Encounter
    6.8
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1953–1954
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (1947)
    Kraft Mystery Theatre
    7.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • play
    • 1947–1954
  • Broadway Television Theatre (1952)
    Broadway Television Theatre
    6.3
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1952
  • Cry Murder (1950)
    Cry Murder
    7.4
    • play "Lost and Found"
    • 1950
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (1947)
    The Philco Television Playhouse
    7.5
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1948

Personal details

  • Born
    • May 28, 1902
    • Zembin, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Minsk Oblast, Belarus]
  • Died
    • December 22, 1998
    • Florida, USA
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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