Edna Anhalt (born Edna Thompson) was an American screenwriter, television writer, and film producer.
Biography Together with then-husband Edward Anhalt, she enjoyed some considerable success in a 10-year stretch from 1947 to her retirement in 1957. This stretch was capped with an Academy Award for Best Story win for Elia Kazan's 1950 film Panic in the Streets, and another nomination two years later for The Sniper. She also wrote the screenplays to The Member of the Wedding (1952), Not as a Stranger (1955) and The Pride and the Passion (1957), which was her last film credit.
Following her divorce from Edward, she later moved into television script-writing and wrote episodes for anthologies The Schlitz Playhouse (1957), General Electric Theatre (1958), and The Virginian (1965).
Filmography
YearFilm Role1947Bulldog Drummond Strikes BackScript1948The Younger BrothersScript1948Embraceable YouScript1950Panic in the StreetsFrom a Story By1950SierraScreenplay1950Return of the FrontiersmanScreenplay1952My Six ConvictsAssociate Producer1952Eight Iron Men Associate Producer1952The SniperAssociate Producer. Original Story1953The Member of the WeddingAssociate Producer, Script1955Not as a StrangerScript1957The Hole CardTeleplay1957The Pride and the PassionScreen Story and Screenplay by
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