Leo Rosten(1908-1997)

Writer

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Leo Rosten was born on 11 April 1908 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Échec à la Gestapo (1942), Des filles disparaissent (1947) and L'homme aux lunettes d'écaille (1948). He died on 19 February 1997 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, and Karen Verne in Échec à la Gestapo (1942)

Échec à la Gestapo

7.1

Writer(as Leonard Q. Ross)

1942

Boris Karloff, Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, and Cedric Hardwicke in Des filles disparaissent (1947)

Des filles disparaissent

7.0

Writer

1947

Don Ameche, Claudette Colbert, Hazel Brooks, and Robert Cummings in L'homme aux lunettes d'écaille (1948)

L'homme aux lunettes d'écaille

6.8

Writer

1948

Rosalind Russell in Quand le rideau tombe (1948)

Quand le rideau tombe

6.8

Writer

1948

Credits

Writer

Le combat du Capitaine Newman
6.9
- novel
- 1963
Hong Kong
8.0
TV Series
- story
- 1961
Goodyear Theatre
7.1
TV Series
- story
- 1958
L'extravagant Mr Cory
6.6
- from a story by
- 1957
Le guêpier
5.7
- story and screenplay
- 1952
Une veine de...
5.9
- story
- 1951
Quand la foule gronde
6.8
- additional dialogue
- 1951
Where Danger Lives
6.7
- story
- 1950
Quand le rideau tombe
6.8
- screen play
- 1948
L'homme aux lunettes d'écaille
6.8
- novel
- screenplay
- 1948
Des filles disparaissent
7.0
- screenplay
- 1947
L'impasse tragique
7.1
- story
- 1946
Les conspirateurs
6.5
- screenplay
- 1944
Mechanized Patrolling
Short
- Writer (as Leonard Q. Ross)
- 1943
They Got Me Covered
6.5
- original story (as Leonard Q. Ross)
- 1943

Personal details

Alternative name
- Leonard Q. Ross
Born
- April 11, 1908
- Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]
Died
- February 19, 1997
- New York City, New York, USA
Other works
Book: "The Joys of Yiddish"

Did you know

Trivia
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 528-529. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Quotes
On W.C. Fields: "Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."

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