Donald Ogden Stewart(1894-1980)

Writer
Actor
Soundtrack

Donald Ogden Stewart was born on 30 November 1894 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), Not So Dumb (1930) and An Affair to Remember (1957). He was married to Leonore (Ella) Sophie Winter Steffens and Beatrice Ames. He died on 2 August 1980 in London, England, UK.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

The Philadelphia Story

7.8

Writer

1940

Not So Dumb

5.8

Skylar Van Dyke
Horace Patterson

1930

An Affair to Remember

7.4

Writer(originally uncredited)

1957

Laughter

6.1

Writer

1930

Credits

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Writer

Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin
7.4
Video
- Writer
- 1998
Love Affair
6.0
- Writer (1939 screenplay)
- 1994
Dinner at Eight
5.1
TV Movie
- additional dialogue
- 1989
Thursday Theatre
5.4
TV Series
- original author
- 1965
Moment of Danger
6.6
- screenplay (originally uncredited)
- 1960
ITV Television Playhouse
8.3
TV Series
- adapted by
- 1958
ITV Play of the Week
6.6
TV Series
- original author
- 1958
An Affair to Remember
7.4
- screenplay (originally uncredited)
- 1957
Escapade
6.2
- screenplay (originally as Gilbert Holland)
- 1955
Summertime
7.1
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1955
The Prisoner of Zenda
6.9
- additional dialogue (originally uncredited)
- 1952
Edward, My Son
6.5
- screen play by
- 1949
Cass Timberlane
6.4
- screenplay
- adaptation
- 1947
Life with Father
7.1
- screen play
- 1947
Without Love
6.6
- Writer
- 1945

Actor

Soundtrack

Not So Dumb
5.8
- performer: "Singin' in the Rain", "Sailing, Sailing", "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby", "Ranz des vaches" movement from "William Tell Overture", "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)", "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)", "Boola Boola", "Pop Goes the Weasel", "The Sidewalks of New York", "Aloha 'Oe", "Dixie", "Stars and Stripes Forever", "A Vision of Salome", "Bridal Chorus" (aka "Here Comes the Bride")
- 1930

Personal details

Alternative name
- Gilbert Holland
Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Born
- November 30, 1894
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
Died
- August 2, 1980
- London, England, UK(heart attack)
Spouses
Other works
Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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Did you know

Trivia
Black-listed for Communism in 1950.

Quotes
I don't think David Selznick was in a class with Irving Thalberg. He was the kind of producer who would shoot everything and then really begin making the picture in the cutting room... quite an expensive process, but with David it seemed to work.