George Axelrod

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-06-09

Deathday

2003-06-21 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York, USA

George Axelrod

Biography

George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Known For

What's My Line?
6.8%

What's My Line?

Feb 2, 1950

The Capote Tapes
6.6%

The Capote Tapes

Sep 10, 2021

The Merv Griffin Show
5.6%

The Merv Griffin Show

Oct 1, 1962

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Acting

2021
The Capote Tapes as Self (voice) (archive footage)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

Creator

1966
The Tammy Grimes Show as Creator

Directing

Production

1968
The Secret Life of an American Wife as Producer
1966
Lord Love a Duck as Producer
1965
How to Murder Your Wife as Producer
1964
Paris When It Sizzles as Producer
1962
The Manchurian Candidate as Producer

Writing

2021
Sept ans de réflexion as Author
1987
The Fourth Protocol as Screenstory
1985
The Holcroft Covenant as Screenplay
1979
The Lady Vanishes as Screenplay
1968
The Secret Life of an American Wife as Screenplay
1966
Lord Love a Duck as Writer
1965
How to Murder Your Wife as Writer
1964
Goodbye Charlie as Theatre Play
1964
Paris When It Sizzles as Screenplay
1962
The Manchurian Candidate as Screenplay
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's as Screenplay
1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! as Screenplay
1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? as Theatre Play
1956
Bus Stop as Screenplay
1955
The Seven Year Itch as Screenplay
1954
Phffft as Story
1954
Phffft as Screenplay
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