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1891-03-09
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George Froeschel

Overview

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Georg "George" Froeschel (March 9, 1891 – November 22, 1979) was an Austrian screenwriter best known for Mrs. Miniver, Quentin Durward, and The Story of Three Loves, while working for MGM in the 1940s and 1950s. Before working in film he was a lawyer and journalist.

Georg Froeschel was born in 1891, the son of a Jewish banker in Vienna. He wrote his first novel during his time at grammar school, Ein Protest (A Protest). After his postgraduate studies he was Doctor of Laws. In World War I he wrote reports for the k.u.k. army. Following he wrote several novels, of which some were adapted for films in the 1920s. In the 1920s he worked for the Ullstein-Verlag in Berlin.

In 1936 he emigrated to the United States, where he first worked in the editorial office of Chicago's Coronet magazine. His efforts to find a job in Hollywood's film industry were not successful until April 1939, when Sidney Franklin of MGM engaged him as screenwriter.

Froeschel won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for the 1942 film Mrs. Miniver (along with co-writers James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis).

Known for

Acting
1975 Film Emigration from Nazi Germany Actor Self N/A
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Writing
1960 I Aim at the Stars Writing Story 59
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1960 Mrs. Miniver Writing Original Film Writer N/A
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1958 Me and the Colonel Writing Screenplay 59
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1956 Gaby Writing Screenplay 59
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1955 Quentin Durward Writing Screenplay 58
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1954 Betrayed Writing Writer 58
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1954 Rose Marie Writing Screenplay 58
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1953 The Story of Three Loves Writing Writer 58
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1953 The Story of Three Loves Writing Adaptation 58
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1953 Never Let Me Go Writing Screenplay 58
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1952 Scaramouche Writing Screenplay 60
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1951 The Unknown Man Writing Screenplay 58
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1950 The Miniver Story Writing Writer 59
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1948 Command Decision Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 The White Cliffs of Dover Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 Random Harvest Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1942 Mrs. Miniver Writing Screenplay 62
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1942 We Were Dancing Writing Screenplay 58
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1940 The Mortal Storm Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1940 Waterloo Bridge Writing Screenplay 62
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1929 Skandal in Baden-Baden Writing Novel N/A
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1928 Weib in Flammen Writing Novel N/A
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1927 Der Anwalt des Herzens Writing Novel 59
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1923 Nora Writing Writer N/A
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