Arthur Laurents, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Laurents

American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1917

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 05-May-2011

Profession: screenwriter, writer, playwright, film producer, theater director, novelist, librettist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter.After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S.
Army during World War II, Laurents turned to writing for Broadway, producing a body of work that includes West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions. His early film scripts include Rope (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock, followed by Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), The Way We Were (1973), and The Turning Point (1977).