Goldman, James

Goldman, James
▪ 1999

      American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. June 30, 1927, Chicago, Ill.—d. Oct. 28, 1998, New York, N.Y.), probed the lives of historical couples, most notably King Henry II and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, in The Lion in Winter (1968), a film for which he won an Academy Award for best screenplay. After earning (1950) an M.A. from the University of Chicago, Goldman studied music criticism at Columbia University, New York City. In 1952, however, he was drafted into the army; after his discharge (1954) he pursued a career as a playwright. In 1961 They Might Be Giants made its stage debut in London, and a movie version followed in 1971. A comedy about army life, Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole (co-written with his brother, William), premiered on Broadway in 1961. Neither play, however, was a success. In 1966 Goldman's dramatization of the 12th-century succession fight over the English throne opened on Broadway. Though The Lion in Winter had only a brief run, his film adaptation was a box-office smash hit and was highlighted by light comedy and Katharine Hepburn's Oscar-winning performance as Eleanor. Goldman then produced a series of screenplays that focused on such historical couples as Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Robin and Marian (1976). In 1971 he wrote the book for Stephen Sondheim's Follies, a musical about the reunion of former Ziegfeld Follies-type showgirls. Goldman also penned several novels and adapted literary classics, such as Anna Karenina, for the small screen.

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