Richard Brooks
Film director
1912 – 1992
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Who was Richard Brooks?
Richard Brooks was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and occasional film producer. His outstanding works as director are Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elmer Gantry – for which he won an Academy Award for Best Writing – In Cold Blood and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
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- Born
- May 18, 1912
Philadelphia - Also known as
- Ruben Sax
- Reuben Sax
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jean Simmons
(1960/11/01 - 1977) - Jean Brooks
(1941 - 1944) - Harriette Levin
(1946/07/21 - 1957/06)
- Jean Simmons
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Temple University
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Mar 11, 1992
Studio City - Resting place
- Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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