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F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

Writer

"There are no second acts in American lives," wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, who himself went from being the high priest of the Jazz Age to a down-and-out alcoholic within the space of twenty years, not before giving the world several literary masterpieces, the most famous of which is The Great Gatsby (1924)... See full bio »

Born:

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Died:

(age 44) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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2012 The Great Gatsby (novel) (post-production)
 
2010 The Beautiful and Damned (novel)
 
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)
 
2000 The Great Gatsby (TV movie) (novel "The Great Gatsby")
 
1996 The Sensible Thing (TV short) (short story)
 
1994 Einer meiner ältesten Freunde (novel "Babylon Revisited")
 
1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (TV movie) (stories)
 
1985 Tender Is the Night (TV mini-series)
 
1984 American Playhouse (TV series)
– Under the Biltmore Clock (1984) (short story "Myra Meets His Family")
 
1976 The Last Tycoon (novel)
 
1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair (TV movie) (story)
 
1974 The Great Gatsby (novel)
 
1974 F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (TV movie) (short story "Last of the Belles")
 
1968 The Jazz Age (TV series)
– Majesty (1968) (short story)
 
1964 Izmedju dva aviona (TV movie)
 
1963 Teletale (TV series)
– The Camel's Back (1963) (short story)
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
– Crazy Sunday (1962) (story)
 
1962 Tender Is the Night (novel)
 
1959 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The Last Tycoon (1959) (novel)
 
1957-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– The Great Gatsby (1958) (novel)
– Winter Dreams (1957) (story)
– The Last Tycoon (1957) (novel)
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Last of the Belles (1958) (story)
 
1951-1956 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– The Young and the Beautiful (1956) (story)
– The Great Gatsby (1955) (novel)
– The Last Tycoon (1951) (book The Love of the Last Tycoon)
 
1956 Star Tonight (TV series)
– Three Hours Between Planes (1956) (story)
 
1955-1956 Front Row Center (TV series)
– Winter Dreams (1956) (story)
– Tender Is the Night (1955) (novel)
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
– The Dance (1955) (story)
 
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris (story)
 
1953 Suspense (TV series)
– The Dance (1953) (story)
– The Dance (1953) (story)
 
1952 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– Three Hours Between Planes (1952) (story)
 
1952 Curtain Call (TV series)
– The Party (1952) (story)
 
1949-1952 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– Rich Boy (1952) (story)
– The Last Tycoon (1949) (novel)
 
1950-1951 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
– Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1951) (story)
– Three Hours Between Planes (1950) (story)
 
1949 The Great Gatsby (novel)
 
1942 Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (uncredited)
 
1939 Everything Happens at Night (uncredited)
 
1939 Raffles (contributing writer - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1939 Honeymoon in Bali ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1939 The Women (uncredited)
 
1939 Winter Carnival (uncredited)
 
1938 Marie Antoinette (uncredited)
 
1938 Three Comrades (screen play)
 
1938 A Yank at Oxford (contributing to treatment - uncredited)
 
1932 Red-Headed Woman (uncredited)
 
1929 Pusher-in-the-Face (short) (screenplay / story)
 
1926 The Great Gatsby (novel)
 
1924 Grit (story)
 
1923 The Glimpses of the Moon (uncredited)
 
1922 The Beautiful and Damned (novel)
 
1921 The Off-Shore Pirate (story)
 
1920/I The Husband Hunter (story "Myra Meets His Family")
 
1920 The Chorus Girl's Romance (story "Head and Shoulders")
 
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1999 New York: A Documentary Film (TV series documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1983 Zelig
Himself (uncredited)
 
1960 The Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
 

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The Last Time I Saw Paris -- Sudden money ruins a struggling writer and his wife in post-World War II Paris. The Great Gatsby -- Catsby has no money and no job and is living in his friend Houndu's apartment. Persu, Catsby's girlfriend of 6 years, leaves him when he can't get a job and marries another man. Fantastic Movie Trailers -- From writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. The filmmaker will bring the story and period to life in a way that has never been seen before. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1938) Screenplay (for MGM): "Infidelity". Unproduced. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 15 Print Biographies  | 7 Articles  | See more »

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Joan Crawford] Why do her lips have to be glistening wet? I don't like her smiling to herself. Her cynical accepting smile has gotten a little tired. She cannot fake her bluff. See more »

Trivia:

The Gatsby Style, named for his 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby", was honored on one of fifteen 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Celebrate the Century series, issued 28 May 1998, celebrating the 1920s. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra