Occupation NovelistScreenwriter | Years active 1953–1977 | |
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Spouse Ilene Thelma Korsen (m. 1946–1972) Parents Sara Aaronson Mankiewicz, Herman J. Mankiewicz Similar People Nelson Gidding, Barbara Graham, Herman J Mankiewicz, Frank Mankiewicz, Susan Hayward | ||
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Don Martin Mankiewicz (January 20, 1922 – April 25, 2015) was a screenwriter and Novelist best known for his novel, Trial.
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- Remembering jack ely and louie louie jayne meadows don mankiewicz lois lillenstein
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Death
- References
Early life
Born in Berlin, Germany, he was the son of Sara (née Aaronson) and the screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and brother of journalist Frank Mankiewicz.
Career
His 1955 novel Trial won the Harper Prize and was made into a film of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for I Want to Live! (1958). Among his many television credits are Ironside, for which he wrote the pilot, the Star Trek episode "Court Martial", and the mini-series adaptation of President John F. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage.
Personal life
Mankiewicz married Ilene Korsen on March 26, 1946 and divorced her in 1972. He married Carol Bell Guidi on July 1, 1972. Mankiewicz had 2 children with Ilene (Jane and John). He had two children with Carol (Jan and Sandy). His son is a screenwriter and producer, John Mankiewicz. Jane is a fiction writer published in the New Yorker.
Death
Mankiewicz died on April 25, 2015 at his home in Monrovia, California at the age of 93 of congestive heart failure. He is survived by his wife of 40 years and his 4 children.