Stone, Peter

▪ 2004

      American screenwriter and librettist (b. Feb. 27, 1930, Los Angeles, Calif.—d. April 26, 2003, New York, N.Y.), was the first writer to win the Emmy, Oscar, and Tony awards. He won his first award, an Emmy, for The Defenders in the early 1960s. His first movie script was Charade (1963); other notable films included Father Goose (1964), for which he won an Oscar for best original screenplay, Sweet Charity (1969), and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). His first Broadway success was the book for the 1969 musical 1776; the play won that year's Tony Award for best musical. He won Tonys for his books for Woman of the Year in 1981 and Titanic in 1997. He was also well regarded as a “script doctor” and was credited with rescuing the 1983 musical My One and Only.

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