

The Purple Rose of Cairo (d, sc only) 1986 Films as Director, Scriptwriter, and Actor: 1969Įverything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask 1973

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Awards: Sylvania Award, 1957, for script of The Sid Caesar Show Academy Awards (Oscars) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (co-recipient), New York Film Critics Circle Award, and National Society of Film Critics Award, all 1977, all for Annie Hall Britis Academy Award and New York Film Critics Award, 1979, for Manhattan Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, New York Film Critics Award, and Los Angeles Film Critics Award, all 1986, all for Hannah and Her Sisters. Career: Began writing jokes for columnists and television celebrities while still in high school joined staff of National Broadcasting Company, 1952, writing for such television comedy stars as Sid Caesar, Herb Shriner, Buddy Hackett, Art Carney, Carol Channing, and Jack Paar also wrote for The Tonight Show and The Garry Moore Show began performing as stand-up comedian on television and in nightclubs, 1961 hired by producer Charles Feldman to write What's New, Pussycat?, 1964 production of his play Don't Drink the Water opened on Broadway, 1966 wrote and starred in Broadway run of Play It Again, Sam, 1969–70 (filmed 1972) began collaboration with writer Marshall Brickman, 1976 wrote play The Floating Light Bulb, produced at Lincoln Center, New York, 1981.

Family: Married 1) Harlene Rosen, 1954 (divorced) 2) Louise Lasser, 1966 (divorced) 3) Soon-Yi Previn, 1997 one daughter, Bechet Dumaine also maintained a thirteen-year relationship with actress Mia Farrow, 1979–92 one son, Satchel, and two adopted children, one son, Moses, and one daughter, Dylan). Education: Attended Midwood High School, Brooklyn New York University, 1953 City College (now City College of the City University of New York), 1953. Born: Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York, 1 December 1935.
