- Born
- Died
- Charles Schnee was born on August 6, 1916 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Red River (1948), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and The Crowded Sky (1960). He was married to Mary Zavian. He died on November 29, 1962 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseMary Zavian(? - October 6, 1961) (her death, 1 child)
- Educated at Yale.
- (1961-1962) President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw)
- Schnee abandoned a career as a lawyer (graduate of Yale Law School) in 1946 to become a screenwriter and producer. He excelled at melodramas and westerns, often dissecting the plight of outcasts or misfits in a changing environment. Schnee won an Academy Award for the Hollywood 'exposé' The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). This, along with the noirish revenge western The Furies (1950) and Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), can be regarded as constituting his best work.
- His wife Mary Schnee committed suicide in October of 1961.
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