Sidney Sheldon

AKA:
Sidney E Sheldon
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
02/11/1917
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois
Death Date:
01/30/2007
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biography
For six decades, Sidney Sheldon has spun yarns and stories to the delight of America. First as a screenwriter working in the studio system, then as the creator of popular TV series, and, finally, as an internationally-published best-selling novelist, Sheldon could never be called high brow, but he entertained the multitudes and masses. His credits run from the Cary Grant/Shirley Temple breezy comedy "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" (1947), for which he won an Oscar, to "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Hart to Hart" on TV to numerous novels. Sheldon can also boast that every novel he has written has Continued
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1948
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milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in the Chicago area
1934 
Moved to L.A.; worked as script reader at Universal
1941 
Wrote screenplay for "Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case"
 
Served in the US Air Force during WWII
 
Returned to Hollywood after WWII
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