Fay Mitchell Kanin (born May 9, 1917) is an American screenwriter who was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983. May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (130th in leap years). ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ...

Born in New York City and raised in Elmira, New York, she graduated from University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree. Her first job was as a script reader at RKO. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... Location in Chemung County in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York County Chemung County Mayor John S. Tonello (D) Area    - City 7. ... The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal[1]), located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA, was founded in 1880, making it Californias oldest private research university. ... A bachelors degree (Artium Baccalaureus, A.B. or B.A.) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ... RKO could stand for: RKO Pictures The R.K.O. - finishing manoever (and initials) of WWE professional wrestler Randy Orton. ...

She married Michael Kanin in 1940 and collaborated with him on many projects, notably The Outrage. The Outrage is a 1964 film that is a remake of the Japanese film Rashomon (1950). ...

Kanin's book for Grind was nominated for Broadway's 1985 Tony Award. She and her husband received an Academy Award nomination for Teacher's Pet. Grind was a Tony-nominated musical that made its Broadway debut in 1985. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... In general sense, teachers pet refers to a student at school who is especially liked by the teachers or likes the teachers and receives special treatment. ...

External links

• Fay Kanin at the Internet Movie Database
• Fay Kanin at Internet Broadway Database
• Fay and Michael Kanin Collection via Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences