William Ludwig(1912-1999)

Writer

William Ludwig was born on 26 May 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Interrupted Melody (1955), Oklahoma! (1955) and The Great Caruso (1951). He was married to Susan Riesenfeld. He died on 7 February 1999 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 2 nominations total

Known for

Interrupted Melody

6.7

Writer

1955

Oklahoma!

7.0

Writer

1955

The Great Caruso

6.5

Writer

1951

The Student Prince

6.5

Writer

1954

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Writer

The 50th Annual Academy Awards
7.1
TV Special
- Writer
- 1978
48th Annual Academy Awards
5.6
TV Special
- Writer
- 1976
45th Annual Academy Awards
6.8
TV Special
- Writer
- 1973
Back Street
6.6
- screenplay
- 1961
Gun Glory
6.2
- screenplay
- 1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
5.6
- written by
- 1957
Oklahoma!
7.0
- screen play
- 1955
Interrupted Melody
6.7
- written by
- 1955
Hit the Deck
6.5
- screenplay
- 1955
Athena
5.9
- written by
- 1954
The Student Prince
6.5
- written for the screen by
- 1954
The Merry Widow
5.7
- screenplay
- 1952
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology
6.0
- screen play by: episode one
- 1951
The Great Caruso
6.5
- written by
- 1951
Shadow on the Wall
6.8
- screen play
- 1950

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Born
- May 26, 1912
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- February 7, 1999
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(Parkinson's disease)
Spouse
- Susan Riesenfeld? - February 7, 1999 (his death)

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Trivia
Active as a founder of the Screen Writers Guild, now the Writers Guild of America. Secretary-treasurer of that union for 18 years. In the 1960s, he promoted the development of the Guild's pension fund. Appropriately, he died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund hospital, which the Guild's fund (together with other motion picture industry unions) helped establish.