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Norman Krasna
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Norman Krasna was an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and playwright. Born in Queens in 1909, he was educated at Columbia University and spoke English. His professional career spanned from 1932 to 1964, during which he worked in the fields of drama and film direction. He authored 24 works, including the comedy *Who was that lady I saw you with?* and the 1941 film *Mr. and Mrs. Smith*.
Krasna received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. His work is recognized in the Academy Award Best Original Screenplay collection. He died of a myocardial infarction in Los Angeles in 1984 due to natural causes. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Who was that lady I saw you with? A new comedy
- Yom alef bi-Nyu-Yorḳ
- Rut yaḳirati
- Watch the Birdie.
- Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1950-10-25
Discography
- Rock Away Your Teardrops1982
- Some Hearts Are Diamonds1986
- Different Shades1987
- Break the Ice1989
- Interchange1991
- The Growing Years1992
- Jealous Heart1993
- The Album1994
- Reflections1995
- Into the Night1997
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
· 2000 · cited 23,031x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,797x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,809x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,803x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Norman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Queens
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film direction
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- date of birth
- 1909-11-07
- date of death
- 1984-11-01
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Commons category
- Norman Krasna
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Norman Krasna
- start of work period
- 1932-00-00
- end of work period
- 1964-00-00
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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