Awards & Winners

Robert Anderson

Date of Birth 28-April-1917
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Robert Woodruff Anderson, Bob
Profession Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter, Theatrical producer
Robert Woodruff Anderson was an American playwright, screenwriter, and theater producer. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, which he later said he found a lonely experience. While there he fell in love with an older woman, an event which later became the basis of the plot of Tea and Sympathy. Anderson also attended Harvard University, where he took an undergraduate as well as a master's degree. He may be best-remembered as the author of Tea and Sympathy. The play made its Broadway debut in 1953 and was made into an MGM film in 1956; both starred Deborah Kerr and John Kerr. You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, a collection of four one-act comedies, opened in New York in 1967 and ran for more than 700 performances. His other successful Broadway plays were Silent Night, Lonely Night and I Never Sang for My Father. He also wrote the screenplays for Until They Sail, The Nun's Story, and The Sand Pebbles. He was Oscar-nominated for The Nun's Story as well as his 1970 screen adaptation of I Never Sang for My Father. He also authored many television scripts, including the TV play The Last Act Is a Solo, and the novels After and Getting Up and Going Home.

Awards by Robert Anderson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Robert Anderson.

1971


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama
Honored for : I Never Sang for My Father

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama I Never Sang for My Father

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay I Never Sang for My Father

1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama The Sand Pebbles
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture The Sand Pebbles

1960


Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama The Nun's Story

1959


Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay The Nun's Story