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Overview
Mini Biography:
Garson Kanin has worked as an actor on stage and as a director on Broadway... moreTrivia:
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 307-308... moreAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations moreFilmography
Writer:
- Born Yesterday (1993) (play)
- The Silent Lovers (1980) (TV) (novel "Moviola")
... aka Moviola: The Silent Lovers (USA) - The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) (TV) (novel "Moviola")
... aka Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War (USA) - This Year's Blonde (1980) (TV) (novel "Moviola")
... aka Moviola: This Year's Blonde (USA)
... aka The Secret Love of Marilyn Monroe (USA: reissue title) - Hardhat and Legs (1980) (TV) (writer)
- "Adam's Rib" (1973) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Au théâtre ce soir" (1 episode, 1972)
- Ferraille à vendre (1972) TV episode (play) - Some Kind of a Nut (1969) (writer)
- Where It's At (1969) (writer)
- Walk Don't Run (1966) (screenplay) (uncredited)
... aka Walk, Don't Run (USA: promotional title) - Dünkü çocuk (1965) (play "Born Yesterday") (uncredited)
- "Mr. Broadway" (12 episodes, 1964)
- Pay Now, Die Later (1964) TV episode (creator)
- Something to Sing About (1964) TV episode (creator) (writer)
- Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones (1964) TV episode (creator)
- Bad Little Rich Girl (1964) TV episode (creator)
- Smelling Like a Rose (1964) TV episode (creator)
(7 more) - The Right Approach (1961) (play "The Live Wire")
- High Time (1960) (story)
- The Rat Race (1960) (play) (screenplay)
- "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1 episode, 1959)
- Six People, No Music (1959) TV episode (story) - "Playhouse 90" (1 episode, 1958)
- The Right Hand Man (1958) TV episode (story) - "The Alcoa Hour" (1 episode, 1957)
- A Double Life (1957) TV episode (previous screenplay) - The Girl Can't Help It (1956) (novel "Do Re Mi") (uncredited)
- It Should Happen to You (1954) (writer)
- Pat and Mike (1952) (written by)
- The Marrying Kind (1952) (writer)
- Born Yesterday (1950) (play)
- Adam's Rib (1949) (screenplay)
- A Double Life (1947) (writer)
- From This Day Forward (1946) (adaptation)
- A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
... aka The Cowboy and the Girl - The More the Merrier (1943) (uncredited)
- My Favorite Wife (1940) (uncredited)
- Bachelor Mother (1939) (uncredited)
- The Great Man Votes (1939) (uncredited)
Director:
- Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
- Where It's At (1969)
- "Mr. Broadway" (1 episode, 1964)
- Keep an Eye on Emily (1964) TV episode - The True Glory (1945)
- Salute to France (1944)
- Night Stripes (1944)
- Night Shift (1942)
- Ring of Steel (1942)
- Fellow Americans (1942)
- Tom Dick and Harry (1941)
- They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
- My Favorite Wife (1940)
- Bachelor Mother (1939)
- The Great Man Votes (1939)
- Next Time I Marry (1938)
- A Man to Remember (1938)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) (director: stage play) (stage director)
Thanks:
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (acknowledgment)
Self:
- "Biography" .... Himself (1 episode, 1995)
- Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms (1995) TV episode .... Himself - Vivien Leigh: Scarlett & Beyond (1990) (TV) .... Himself
- "Tattingers" .... Himself (1 episode, 1988)
... aka Nick & Hillary (new title)
- Rest in Peas (1988) TV episode .... Himself - Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987) .... Himself
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) (TV) .... Himself
... aka The Spencer Tracy Legacy (USA) - "Over Easy" .... Himself (1 episode, 1977)
- Episode dated 31 December 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself - "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1974-1977)
- Episode dated 31 August 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 11 January 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Himself - "The Hollywood Greats" .... Himself (1 episode, 1977)
... aka Hollywood Greats (USA: new title)
- Spencer Tracy (1977) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (8 episodes, 1971-1977)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 14 January 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 8 January 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 7 January 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 23 August 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 16 May 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
(3 more) - "What's My Line?" .... Guest Panelist (1 episode, 1959)
- Episode dated 5 July 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
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Playwright: "Born Yesterday", 1946 morePublicity Listings:
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