Edna Anhalt
Edna Anhalt ( born April 10, 1914 in New York City, New York, † 1987) was an American screenwriter and film producer.
Life
Anhalt worked in 1947 with her then husband Edward Anhalt for the first time as a screenwriter for the movie Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back. After that she wrote without her husband the Western They rode with Jesse James, driving ' to hell and Sierra. In 1950, she co-authored with her husband, the template for Elia Kazan's film noir Panic in the Streets, for which both were awarded the Oscar. Another nomination for the Oscar was awarded the couple three years later for the thriller The Sniper director Edward Dmytryk of with Adolphe Menjou in the lead role. In 1952 she was co-producer of four films, including The sniper. In 1957 she wrote her last feature film script, then it only worked even a few times for television.