Alfred Uhry
Alfred Uhry · Arts & Literature
Pulitzer playwright and Academy Award screenwriter of Driving Miss Daisy
1936, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
United States
Alfred Uhry is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pulitzer playwright and Academy Award screenwriter of Driving Miss Daisy
Uhry, from a German-Jewish family of Atlanta, draws on the Southern Jewish experience in his writing. He won the Pulitzer Prize and, in 1989, the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for 'Driving Miss Daisy', about the bond between a Jewish widow and her Black chauffeur. He later won Tony Awards for 'The Last Night of Ballyhoo' and 'Parade'.
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Pulitzer playwright and Academy Award screenwriter of Driving Miss Daisy
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