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- Birth nameDaniel Irwin Taradash
- Daniel Taradash was born on January 29, 1913 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer and director, known for From Here to Eternity (1953), Picnic (1955) and Storm Center (1956). He was married to Madeleine Forbes. He died on February 22, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseMadeleine Forbes(November 29, 1944 - February 22, 2003) (his death, 3 children)
- It was Daniel Taradash, then president of AMPAS, who introduced Charles Chaplin at the 44th Annual Academy Awards in 1972 and presented him with the honorary Oscar, which resulted in the longest standing ovation in Academy Award history.
- Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1936. Though passing the New York bar exam, he never practiced law.
- A noted civil libertarian and opponent of McCarthyism.
- President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1970 to 1973.
- In 1955, Taradash formed an independent production company, Phoenix Corporation, with his writing partner Julian Blaustein.
- I learned more about screenwriting from Fritz Lang than from anyone.
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