Irwin Shaw
Known for: Writing
Born: February 27, 1913
Died: May 16, 1984
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
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Filmography
26 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
4.2
From 180 & Taller
2005
4.1
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991
5.8
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
NR
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
4.8
Rich Man, Poor Man...
1982
6.7
Rich Man, Poor Man...
1982
NR
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
7.0
Top of the Hill
1980
NR
Beggarman, Thief
1979
NR
Evening in Byzantium
1978
8.3
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
7.9
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
7.0
Playhouse
1974NR
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses
1973
7.0
Centre Play
1973
5.2
Three
1969
7.0
Bury the Dead
1969
5.9
In the French Style
1963
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
6.0
The Big Gamble
1961
6.8
The Young Lions
1958
6.8
Desire Under the Elms
1958
6.1
This Angry Age
1957
6.6
Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957
5.7
Fire Down Below
1957
6.5
Ulysses
1954
6.9
Act of Love
1953
5.2
I Want You
1951
5.7
Easy Living
1949
5.4
Take One False Step
1949
5.5
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
7.3
The Talk of the Town
1942
6.3
Out of the Fog
1941
6.6
The Big Game
1936NR
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