Robert Woodruff Anderson (April 28, 1917 â€" February 9, 2009) was an
American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. He
received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing, Screenplay
Based on Material from Another Medium, for the drama films The Nun's
Story (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1970).Anderson was born
in New York City, the son of Myra Esther (Grigg) and James Hewston
Anderson, a self-made businessman. He was educated at Phillips Exeter
Academy, which he later said he found a lonely experience. While there
he fell in love with an older woman, an event which later became the
basis of the plot of Tea and Sympathy. Anderson also attended Harvard
University, where he took an undergraduate as well as a master's
degree.He may be best-remembered as the author of Tea and Sympathy.
The play made its Broadway debut in 1953 and was made into a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film in 1956; both starred Deborah Kerr and John
Kerr.You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, a collection
of four one-act comedies, opened in New York in 1967 and ran for more
than 700 performances. His other successful Broadway plays were Silent
Night, Lonely Night (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1968).
American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. He
received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing, Screenplay
Based on Material from Another Medium, for the drama films The Nun's
Story (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1970).Anderson was born
in New York City, the son of Myra Esther (Grigg) and James Hewston
Anderson, a self-made businessman. He was educated at Phillips Exeter
Academy, which he later said he found a lonely experience. While there
he fell in love with an older woman, an event which later became the
basis of the plot of Tea and Sympathy. Anderson also attended Harvard
University, where he took an undergraduate as well as a master's
degree.He may be best-remembered as the author of Tea and Sympathy.
The play made its Broadway debut in 1953 and was made into a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film in 1956; both starred Deborah Kerr and John
Kerr.You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, a collection
of four one-act comedies, opened in New York in 1967 and ran for more
than 700 performances. His other successful Broadway plays were Silent
Night, Lonely Night (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1968).
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