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Robert Pirosh

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Robert Pirosh · Arts & Literature

What

Screenwriter of Battleground (Academy Award 1949) and A Day at the Races

When

1910, Baltimore, Maryland, United States — 1989, Los Angeles, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Robert Pirosh is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Screenwriter of Battleground (Academy Award 1949) and A Day at the Races

How & why

Robert Pirosh was a screenwriter who won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay for the World War II combat drama 'Battleground', drawing on his own service in the Battle of the Bulge. Earlier he co-wrote the Marx Brothers comedy 'A Day at the Races'. He was born to a Jewish family in Baltimore.

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Screenwriter of Battleground (Academy Award 1949) and A Day at the Races

1949

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters