Fay Kanin
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American screenwriter, playwright and producer (1917–2013)
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Fay Kanin (née Mitchell; May 9, 1917 – March 27, 2013) was an American screenwriter, playwright and producer. Kanin was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983.
Known for
- Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women — Self2014
- Screenwriters on Screenwriting2008
- On Cukor — Self2000
- Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood — Self2000
- Rich and Famous — Professor Fields1981
- Tell Me Where It Hurts — Jane1974
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- A Double Life — Actress in "Othello"1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fay
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Spouse
- Michael Kanin
- Occupation
- playwright
- Image
- Fay Kanin.jpg
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1917-05-09
- date of death
- 2013-03-27
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- cause of death
- disease
- place of burial
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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