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Henry Ephron
Highest Rated: 100% Desk Set (1957)
Lowest Rated: 60% Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
Birthday: May 26, 1911
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
Playwright turned screenwriter and producer, known for his teaming with wife Phoebe Wolkind. Among his credits as a screenwriter are Henry King's "Carousel" (1956), which also marked the start of his producing career, and the Walter Lang films "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1954) and the Tracy/Hepburn classic "Desk Set" (1957). Ephron's final screenplay "Captain Newman, M.D." (1963) received an Oscar nomination for best screenplay adaptation. He was the father of screenwriter/director Nora Ephron.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60% | 65% | Captain Newman, M.D. | Screenwriter | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sing, Boy, Sing | Director | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Certain Smile | Producer | - | 1958 |
| 100% | 83% | Desk Set |
Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | 23 Paces to Baker Street | Producer | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Producer | - | 1956 |
| 71% | 61% | Carousel |
Producer, Screenwriter |
- | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Daddy Long Legs | Writer | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Belles on Their Toes | Screenwriter | - | 1952 |