About

Known credits:
38
Birthday:
1908-11-26
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Website:
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Leonard Spigelgass

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leonard Spigelgass (November 26, 1908 – February 15, 1985) was an American film producer and screenwriter.

Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Spigelgass got his start collaborating on the script for Erich Von Stroheim's Hello, Sister! (1933). Additional screen credits include The Big Street (1942), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), Silk Stockings (1957), Pepe (1960), and Gypsy (1962).

Spigelgass signed on as a staff writer for Universal Studios in 1938 and was a colonel in the US Army Signal Corps.

Spigelgass also was a playwright and penned such dramas as Dear Me the Sky Is Falling, The Wrong Way Light Bulb, and A Remedy for Winter, the comedy A Majority of One, and the book for the musical Look to the Lilies. He also wrote plays for such television series as Playhouse 90 and the novels Million Dollar Baby and Fed to the Teeth.

During his career, Spigelgass wrote the scripts for eleven Academy Award-winning films. He himself was nominated in 1950 for the story for Mystery Street and garnered three Writers Guild of America nominations over the course of his career.

Spigelgass' sister, Beulah Roth, was a political speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson, and was married to photographer Sanford H. Roth, a close friend of James Dean. Spigelgass died in Los Angeles, California.

Known for

Acting
1979 The Man You Loved to Hate Actor Self 59
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Writing
1978 Le pont japonais Writing Writer 59
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1974 Cyrano Writing Writer 59
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1962 Gypsy Writing Writer 59
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1961 A Majority of One Writing Theatre Play 58
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1961 A Majority of One Writing Screenplay 58
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1960 Pepe Writing Story 59
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1957 Silk Stockings Writing Screenplay 59
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1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms Writing Writer 58
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1956 Eloise Writing Writer N/A
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1954 Deep in My Heart Writing Screenplay 59
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1954 Athena Writing Writer 59
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1953 Scandal at Scourie Writing Writer 58
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1952 Because You're Mine Writing Screenplay 59
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1951 The Law and the Lady Writing Writer 58
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1951 Night Into Morning Writing Screenplay 59
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1950 Mystery Street Writing Story 59
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1949 I Was a Male War Bride Writing Screenplay 61
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1948 So Evil My Love Writing Screenplay 59
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1947 The Perfect Marriage Writing Writer 58
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1943 They Got Me Covered Writing Original Story 59
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1943 The Youngest Profession Writing Screenplay 58
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1942 The Big Street Writing Screenplay 58
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1942 Butch Minds the Baby Writing Screenplay N/A
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1942 All Through the Night Writing Story 60
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1942 All Through the Night Writing Screenplay 60
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1941 Tight Shoes Writing Screenplay N/A
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1941 Million Dollar Baby Writing Story 59
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1940 Private Affairs Writing Screenplay N/A
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1939 Unexpected Father Writing Story N/A
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1938 Service de Luxe Writing Writer 59
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1938 Letter of Introduction Writing Writer 59
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1934 I'll Fix It Writing Screenplay N/A
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1934 Stingaree Writing Adaptation 59
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1933 Hello, Sister! Writing Scenario Writer 59
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Production
1942 The Big Street Production Producer 58
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1940 One Night in the Tropics Production Associate Producer 58
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1935 Princess O'Hara Production Associate Producer 59
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