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Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an American novelist, playwright and songwriter. is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...
A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ...
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
Professional life
Levin graduated from the Horace Mann School and New York University, where he majored in philosophy and English. The Horace Mann School is an independent college preparatory school in New York City. ...
New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ...
After college, he wrote training films and scripts for television.
Levin's first produced play was No Time for Sergeants (adapted from Mac Hyman's novel), a comedy about a hillbilly drafted into the United States Air Force that launched the career of Andy Griffith. The play was turned into a movie in 1958, and co-starred future "Andy Griffith Show" co-star Don Knotts. "No Time for Sergeants" is generally considered the precursor to "Gomer Pyle, USMC." No Time for Sergeants was a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was later adapted into a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture (plus a forgettable 1964 television series). ...
Mac Hyman (1923-1963) was the author of the best-selling comic novel No Time for Sergeants, which was adapted into a popular Broadway play and a motion picture. ...
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Griffith as Andy Taylor and Howard as Opie Knotts as Barney Fife and Griffith as Andy Taylor The Andy Griffith Show was an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ...
Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Threes...
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was a television series that ran on CBS from 1964 to 1969, with episodes rerun in mid-1970. ...
Levin's first novel, A Kiss Before Dying, was well received, earning him the 1953 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. "A Kiss Before Dying" was turned into a movie twice, first in 1956, and again in 1991. A Kiss Before Dying is a novel by Ira Levin. ...
Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ...
Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Levin's best known play is Deathtrap, which holds the record as the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway and brought Levin his second Edgar Award. In 1982, it was made into a film with Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine. Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an American author of fiction thriller novels and is also a playwright and songwriter. ...
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Christopher DOlier Reeve[1] (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. ...
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Levin's best known novel is Rosemary's Baby, a horror story of satanism and the occult. It was made into a film with Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon (who won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role). Roman Polanski, who wrote and directed the film, was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. For the film based on the novel, see Rosemarys Baby (film). ...
Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and contexts. ...
For other uses, see Occult (disambiguation). ...
Mia Farrow (born Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow on February 9, 1945) is an American actress. ...
Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress and screenwriter who was perhaps best known for her role as the oversolicitous neighbor in Roman Polanskis adaptation of Ira Levins novel Rosemarys Baby, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting...
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. ...
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Roman Polański (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and producer. ...
The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...
Other Levin novels were turned into movies, including The Boys from Brazil; The Stepford Wives in 1975 and again in 2004; and Sliver. Currently a new version of The Boys from Brazil is in development for 2009. The Boys from Brazil (1976) is a fiction thriller novel by Ira Levin. ...
For the 1975 film see The Stepford Wives (1975 film), for the 2004 remake see The Stepford Wives (2004 film). ...
Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Promotional movie poster for Sliver This article is for the novel and film. ...
2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Stephen King has described Ira Levin as "the Swiss watchmaker of suspense novels, he makes what the rest of us do look like cheap watchmakers in drugstores." Chuck Palahniuk, in Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories, calls Levin's writing "a smart, updated version of the kind of folksy legends that cultures have always used." Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist of Ukrainian ancestry born in Pasco, Washington. ...
Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories (published in the United Kingdom under the title Nonfiction) is a non-fiction book by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 2004. ...
Personal life Levin has been married and divorced twice, and is the father of three sons.
Bibliography
Novels A Kiss Before Dying is a novel by Ira Levin. ...
For the film based on the novel, see Rosemarys Baby (film). ...
For articles with similar titles, see Perfect Day (disambiguation). ...
The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society (which also publishes a quarterly journal, Prometheus). ...
For the 1975 film see The Stepford Wives (1975 film), for the 2004 remake see The Stepford Wives (2004 film). ...
The Boys from Brazil (1976) is a fiction thriller novel by Ira Levin. ...
Promotional movie poster for Sliver This article is for the novel and film. ...
Son of Rosemary is a 1997 horror novel by Ira Levin, and is the sequel to Rosemarys Baby. ...
Plays No Time for Sergeants was a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was later adapted into a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture (plus a forgettable 1964 television series). ...
Critics Choice is a play written by Ira Levin. ...
Veronicas room is a theatrical play by Ira Levin (author best known by his Rosemarys Baby), originally mounted in 1973 The play starts when a nice adult couple invites a young girl (Susan) and her date, whom they had spotted while dining on a restaurant, to visit the...
Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an American author of fiction thriller novels and is also a playwright and songwriter. ...
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. ...
A Tony Award for Best Play has been awarded since 1947. ...
Musicals Drat! The Cat! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Ira Levin and music by Milton Schafer. ...
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In musical theater, a plays spoken lines are known as its book. ...
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