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Michael Blankfort

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  • Born
    December 10, 1907 · New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    July 13, 1982 · Los Angeles, California, USA (complications from a fall)
  • Birth name
    Seymour Michael Blankfort

Biography

    • Michael Blankfort was born on December 10, 1907 in New York City, New York, USA. Michael was a writer and producer, known for La flèche brisée (1950), Ouragan sur le Caine (1954) and Okinawa : Le Verdun du Pacifique (1951). Michael was married to Dorothy V. Stiles and Laurette Spingarn. Michael died on July 13, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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      Dorothy V. Stiles(1950 - December 1971) (divorced)
      Laurette Spingarn(June 7, 1931 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)

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  • American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and keen art collector, a former professor at Princeton University. He was a prison psychologist in New Jersey before moving to Hollywood in 1937. In 1950 he fronted for blacklisted writer Albert Maltz on La flèche brisée (1950).
  • President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1967-69.
  • Father: Henry Blankfort; Mother: Hannah Goldstein.

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