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Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director who penned screwball comedies centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood.
Nov 7, 1984 · Norman Krasna, a playwright and an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, died Nov. 1 of a heart attack in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 74 years old. Mr. Krasna...
Norman Krasna. Writer: White Christmas. Humorist, playwright and screenwriter Norman Krasna went to great lengths planning for a career in law. He attended New York University, Columbia University and St. John's University law school but then abruptly changed his plans and started work as a copy boy at a New York newspaper.
- January 1, 1
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Erle Jolson Krasna, an occasional actress who was the influential widow of both singer Al Jolson and Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer Norman Krasna, has died.
Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director. He is best known for penning screwball comedies which centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna also directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood.
Norman Krasna. (1909—1984) Quick Reference. (1909–84), playwright. Born in Corona, New York, he studied at Columbia and at St. John's Law School before becoming a dramatic critic for the World and then the Evening Graphic. ... From: Krasna, Norman in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre » Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre. Reference entries.
Norman Krasna won a "Best Original Screenplay" Academy Award for Princess O'Rourke, and earned nominations for The Richest Girl in the World, Fury and The Devil and Miss Jones (1941).
