Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Birthday

1917-05-09

Deathday

2013-03-27

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Fay Kanin

Biography

Fay Kanin (née Mitchell; May 9, 1917 – March 27, 2013) was an American screenwriter, playwright and producer. Kanin was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983.

Known For

A Double Life

as Actress in "Othello"

Rich and Famous

as Professor Fields

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

as Self

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

as Self

Screenwriters on Screenwriting

On Cukor

as Self

Tell Me Where It Hurts

as Jane