Ernest Lehman
- March 10, 2024
- Screenwriter
Quick Facts
| Date Of Birth | Dec 8, 1915(1915-12-08) |
| Age | 109 |
| Date Of Death | July 2, 2005, Los Angeles, CA |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
Ernest Lehman Biography
| Birthday | Dec 8 |
| Birth Year | 1915 |
| Place Of Birth | New York |
Ernest Lehman is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on December 8, 1915 in New York, New York, United States. As of June 1, 2023, Ernest has a net worth approximately $5 Million. He wrote the screenplay for North by Northwest, arguably one of the most important films from director Alfred Hitchcock.
Six-time Academy Award nominated screenwriter who was also the first screenwriter to receive an honorary Academy Award for his contributions to film.
He wrote the incredibly significant script for Alfred Hitchcock‘s film, North by Northwest.
He married his second wife, Laurie Sherman, in 1997.
Ernest Lehman Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Screenwriter |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ernest is one of the richest Screenwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ernest Lehman 's net worth $5 Million.
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Ernest Lehman Wife
According to our records, Ernest Lehman married to Laurie Sherman , Jacqueline Shapiro. As of January 12, 2023, Ernest Lehman’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Ernest Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ernest Lehman celebrates birthday on December 8 of every year.
Did Ernest Lehman write West Side Story?
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. With a screenplay by Ernest Lehman , the film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.
What did Ernest Lehman write about?
From the mid-1950s Lehman wrote screenplays for the Siam musical, The King And I (1956) , an enormous success that made a lifetime’s career for Yul Brynner; the New York gang musical West Side Story (1961), based on Romeo and Juliet; the Barbra Streisand musical, Hello Dolly!
Who wrote North by Northwest?
Ernest Lehman
Is West Side Story based on Romeo and Juliet?
Story Sources. It is widely known that West Side Story (WSS) is based directly on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (R&J). Far less well known is the fact that Shakespeare based his play (1594) on other material, particularly a narrative poem by Arthur Brooke entitled The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562).
How did the original West Side Story End?
But Tony too, gets overrun by emotions, and he stabs Bernardo in a rush of blood, as revenge for Riff’s death. A notable departure, both from this overpowering momentary emotion, and from the bard’s tragedy, is when at the end of “West Side Story,” Maria refuses to be run over by her emotions and to shoot Chino dead.