Don Mankiewicz

Don Martin Mankiewicz (January 20, 1922 – April 25, 2015) He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for I Want to Live!. and the mini-series adaptation of President John F. Kennedy's book Profiles in Courage. His college classmate, the novelist and journalist, was a frequent creative partner, including: Lanigan's Rabbi, Rosetti and Ryan, The Bait, McMillan & Wife, and The Black Bird.

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 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 age 93 of congestive heart failure. He was survived by his wife of 40 years and his four children.

Novels See How They Run (1951) Trial (1955) It Only Hurts a Minute (1966)

Filmography Films

Television