Jerome Lawrence

Jerome Lawrence was born on Jul 14, 1915 in USA. Jerome Lawrence's big-screen debut came with Auntie Mame directed by Morton DaCosta in 1958. Jerome Lawrence is known for Inherit the Wind directed by Daniel Petrie, Jack Lemmon stars as Henry Drummond and George C. Scott as Matthew Harrison Brady. Jerome Lawrence has got 1 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Jerome Lawrence achieved is Writers Guild of America, USA. The upcoming new movie Jerome Lawrence plays is Inherit the Wind which will be released on May 29, 1999.

Jerome Lawrence is best known for the plays "Auntie Mame," "Inherit the Wind," and "First Monday in October" which he co-wrote with Robert E. Lee. In all, they collaborated on 39 works over their 50 year partnership. A theatre archive is named for them at Ohio State University, where Lawrence graduated. He worked for several small Ohio newspapers as a reporter and editor before moving into radio as a writer for CBS. He taught playwriting at the University of Southern California's Master of Professional Writing Program. The school recently named its one-act-play festival in his honor. Even though his works are still produced all over the world, Lawrence's lone Tony Award nomination was for Best Musical, for "Mame" (book).