Cornell Woolrich
Novelist, Author
1903 – 1968
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Who was Cornell Woolrich?
Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley.
His biographer, Francis Nevins Jr., rated Woolrich the fourth best crime writer of his day, behind only Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner and Raymond Chandler. A check of film titles reveals that more film noir screenplays were adapted from works by Woolrich than any other crime novelist, and many of his stories were adapted during the 1940s for Suspense and other dramatic radio programs.
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- Born
- Dec 4, 1903
New York City - Also known as
- Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich
- William Irish
- George Hopley
- Woolrich, Cornell
- Parents
- Spouses
- Violet Virginia Blackton
(1930/12/06 - 1933)
- Violet Virginia Blackton
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- New York
- New York City
- Died
- Sep 25, 1968
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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