Eleanor Perry

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Eleanor Perry was an American screenwriter and playwright best known for her psychologically nuanced film and television scripts in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Eleanor Perry canonical 6
Eleanor R. Perry 1
Margaret Perry 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
person
playwright
screenwriter
activeIn American New Hollywood cinema
linked to: New Hollywood
alsoKnownAs Eleanor R. Perry
linked to: Eleanor Perry

Eleanor Rosenfeld Perry
linked to: Eleanor Rosenfeld
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
basedOn novel "David and Lisa" by Theodore Isaac Rubin
novel "Diary of a Mad Housewife" by Sue Kaufman
birthName Eleanor Rosenfeld
burialPlace Cleveland, Ohio, United States
causeOfDeath cancer
collaboratedWith Frank Perry
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-10-13
dateOfDeath 1981-03-14
educatedAt Western Reserve University
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Perry
Rosenfeld
fieldOfWork playwriting
screenwriting
genre drama
psychological drama
givenName Eleanor
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Eleanor Perry
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
notableFor psychologically nuanced scripts
notableWork David and Lisa
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Ladybug Ladybug
The House Without a Christmas Tree
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
The Swimmer
linked to: Being There
occupation playwright
screenwriter
television writer
placeOfBirth Cleveland, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
sexOrGender female
spouse Frank Perry
Leo G. Rosenberg
workPeriod 1960s
1970s
wroteFor film
television
theatre

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David and Lisa screenwriter Eleanor Perry
Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions associatedWith Margaret Perry
linked to: Eleanor Perry
Diary of a Mad Housewife screenwriter Eleanor Perry
Frank Perry spouse Eleanor Perry
Eleanor Perry name Eleanor Perry
Eleanor Perry alsoKnownAs Eleanor R. Perry
linked to: Eleanor Perry