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Charles Davies Lederer (December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies , actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst .
Learn about Charles Lederer, a prolific screenwriter and director who worked on classics like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Thing from Another World and His Girl Friday. Find out his birth and death dates, awards, family, trivia and more on IMDb.
Charles Lederer was born on 31 December 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Thing from Another World (1951) and His Girl Friday (1940).
Charles Lederer, one of the best and wittiest of screenwriters, and an intimate friend of Mankiewicz’s, described it to me: “Manky was always complaining and sighing about Orson’s changes.
Mar 7, 1976 · Charles Lederer, the stage and screen writer, died Friday at the University of California Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 65 years old and lived in Bellaire, Calif. Mr. Lederer was...
Charles Lederer is probably best known for his adaptations, especially of comic material, in collaboration with such notable Hollywood writers as Ben Hecht, I.A.L. Diamond, George Oppenheimer, and Albert Hackett.
Lederer is recognized for his comic and acerbic adaptations and collaborative screenplays of the 1940s and early 1950s. His screenplays frequently delved into the corrosive influences of wealth and power.
