Michael Kanin

1910–1993 (age 83)

Screenwriter

Biography

Michael Kanin crafted sharp, compassionate screenplays that captured the rhythms of everyday people and earned him an Academy Award alongside his sister.

He carried that same eloquence into teaching and the theater, where his devotion to storytelling left a generous legacy.

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