AKA: Pierre Marton, Peter H Stone, Peter Hess Stone
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 02/27/1930
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Death Date: 04/26/2003
biography
Peter Stone is an acclaimed Tony- and Oscar-winning writer who began in TV and moved to motion pictures and the theater. The son of a schoolteacher-turn-motion picture producer, Stone was raised in L.A. and after heading East for schooling began his career in live TV. He went on to script such well-received motion pictures as "Charade" (1963) and "Father Goose" (1964, for which he won an Academy Award) and has provided the book for several Broadway musicals, notably "1776" (1969) and "Woman of the Year" (1981).Stone's theatrical work began in 1958 when his play, "Friend of the Family", was
