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Leonard Spigelgass

Leonard Spigelgass

Known For Writing
Birthday Nov 26, 1908
Died Feb 15, 1985 (76)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date May 03, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonard Spigelgass (November 26, 1908 – February 15, 1985) was an American film producer and screenwriter. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Spigelgass got his start collaborating on the script for Erich Von Stroheim's Hello, Sister! (1933). Addit ... ional screen credits include The Big Street (1942), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), Silk Stockings (1957), Pepe (1960), and Gypsy (1962). Spigelgass signed on as a staff writer for Universal Studios in 1938 and was a colonel in the US Army Signal Corps. Spigelgass also was a playwright and penned such dramas as Dear Me the Sky Is Falling, The Wrong Way Light Bulb, and A Remedy for Winter, the comedy A Majority of One, and the book for the musical Look to the Lilies. He also wrote plays for such television series as Playhouse 90 and the novels Million Dollar Baby and Fed to the Teeth. During his career, Spigelgass wrote the scripts for eleven Academy Award-winning films. He himself was nominated in 1950 for the story for Mystery Street and garnered three Writers Guild of America nominations over the course of his career. Spigelgass' sister, Beulah Roth, was a political speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson, and was married to photographer Sanford H. Roth, a close friend of James Dean. Spigelgass died in Los Angeles, California.

Known For

Filmography

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Cyrano

Cyrano

1974

Writer

Gypsy

Gypsy

1962

Writer

A Majority of One

A Majority of One

1961

Theatre Play, Screenplay

Pepe

Pepe

1960

Story

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

1957

Writer

Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings

1957

Screenplay

Eloise

Eloise

1956

Writer

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

1954

Screenplay

Athena

Athena

1954

Writer

Scandal at Scourie

Scandal at Scourie

1953

Writer

Because You're Mine

Because You're Mine

1952

Screenplay

The Law and the Lady

The Law and the Lady

1951

Writer

Night Into Morning

Night Into Morning

1951

Screenplay

Mystery Street

Mystery Street

1950

Story

I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride

1949

Screenplay

So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love

1948

Screenplay

The Perfect Marriage

The Perfect Marriage

1947

Writer

They Got Me Covered

They Got Me Covered

1943

Original Story

The Youngest Profession

The Youngest Profession

1943

Screenplay

Butch Minds the Baby

Butch Minds the Baby

1942

Screenplay

The Big Street

The Big Street

1942

Screenplay

All Through the Night

All Through the Night

1942

Screenplay, Story

Tight Shoes

Tight Shoes

1941

Screenplay

Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby

1941

Story

Private Affairs

Private Affairs

1940

Screenplay

Unexpected Father

Unexpected Father

1939

Story

Service de Luxe

Service de Luxe

1938

Writer

I'll Fix It

I'll Fix It

1934

Screenplay

Stingaree

Stingaree

1934

Adaptation

Hello, Sister!

Hello, Sister!

1933

Scenario Writer

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The Big Street

The Big Street

1942

Producer

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940

Associate Producer

Princess O'Hara

Princess O'Hara

1935

Associate Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

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