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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Mount Kisco
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American producer, director, and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz was known for creating memorable characters. He worked with many major Hollywood stars.


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In 1929 Joseph L. Mankiewicz got his start in Hollywood composing subtitles for silent versions of Paramount talkies. In his years at MGM, he produced such classics as The Philadelphia Story In 1943 he moved to Twentieth Century Fox, making his directorial debut with Dragonwyck. At Fox, he directed and wrote the scripts that defined his signature style. He left Fox in 1952 to freelance.

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