Maxwell Anderson

Playwright

Birthday December 15, 1888

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Pennsylvania

DEATH DATE Feb 28, 1959 (70)

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About

The Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright who penned High Tor, Key Largo, and The Bad Seed.

Before Fame

He was the Principal of a high school in North Dakota, but was fired in 1913 for making pacifist remarks to his students.

Trivia

He won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his 1933 play, Both Your Horses.

Family Life

He had three sons with his first wife, Margaret Haskett, who he married in 1911.

Associated With

He wrote the screenplay to the 1957 Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man.