Clifford Odets
Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdraw from Broadway's commercial pressures and increasing critical backlash. From January 1935, Odets's socially relevant dramas were extremely influential, particularly for the remainder of the Great Depression.
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- Philadelphia
- Awards
- 🏆 National Board of Review Award for Best Film
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"...life is lonely, life is empty. Love isn't everything. A dear true friend is more than love--the serge outlasts the silk."
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1906
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Birth1963
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