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D. M. Marshman, Jr.
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American screenwriter (1922-2015)
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D. M. Marshman, Jr. was an American screenwriter. He was born in Cleveland on December 21, 1922, and died in Stamford on September 17, 2015. Marshman was educated at Phillips Academy and Yale University. His professional career began in 1946, and he wrote in English.
Marshman received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. He was also nominated for this same award. His work is recognized within the Academy Award Best Original Screenplay collection.
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Film & TV
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
While Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder were working on the screenplay for "Sunset Blvd." (1950), they feared that their writing had gone stale. They asked D.M. Marshman, Jr., an influential film critic for Life magazine to join their team. Marshman's contribution to the screenplay included the memorable line, "As long as the lady is paying for it, why not take the Vicuna?" The film went on to…
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Stamford
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Phillips Academy
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1922-12-21
- date of death
- 2015-09-17
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
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