Director

Murray Burnett

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 4131

IMDb ID: nm0122417

Known for: Writing

Born: December 28, 1910

Died: September 23, 1997

Age: 86

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1943 - 2025

Years active: 83

Average TMDB rating: 8.14

Wikidata: Q16182274

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Murray Burnett was born in New York City in 1911. He was a high school teacher before becoming a playwright. His second wife was actress Adrienne Bayan. They met when she had a role in Hickory Street. Burnett was the uncle of documentary director Barbara Kopple. Burnett died on September 23, 1997 in New York City. Burnett also wrote the play Hickory Street, based on his experiences as a teacher, which opened on Broadway in 1944. He wrote, produced, and directed many radio plays, including the 1952 ABC series Café Istanbul with Marlene Dietrich as Mlle. Madou. This show was transformed into Time for Love which ran for 38 episodes on CBS Radio in 1953. Description above from the Wikipedia article Murray Burnett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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