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Goldman, William

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Born: 1931 AD
Currently alive, at 80 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Novelists

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1931 - Born in Highland Park, Illinois on the 12th of August.

1952 - BA degree at Oberlin College.

1956 - MA degree at Columbia University. William Goldman had been estranged for many years from his brother, playwright James Goldman, before James's death.

19645 - Boys and Girls Together.

1973 -  "The Princess Bride".

1974 -  "Marathon Man".

1967 - He has also won two Edgar Awards, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Best Motion Picture Screenplay.

1969 - A Candid Look at Broadway".

         - "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".

1975 - "The Stepford Wives".

1976 - "Marathon Man".

         - "All the President's Men".

1977 - "A Bridge Too Far".

1979 - Magic, adapted from his own 1976 novel.

1980 - He wrote a series of memoirs looking at his professional life on Broadway and in Hollywood.

1983 - "Adventures in the Screen Trade".

1990 - Misery".

1991 - He was married to Ilene Jones until their divorce .The couple had two daughters.

1992 - "The Year of the Comet".

1992 - "Chaplin".

1993 - "Indecent Proposal".




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