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Alvin Sargent
Born
Alvin Supowitz[1]
(1927-04-12)April 12, 1927
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
May 9, 2019(2019-05-09) (aged 92)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation
Screenwriter
Years active
1956–2012
Spouses
Joan Camden
(m. 1953; div. 1975)
Laura Ziskin
(m. 2010; died 2011)
Relatives
Herb Sargent (brother)
Alvin York (cousin)
Alvin Sargent (April 12, 1927 – May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Julia (1977), and Ordinary People (1980). Sargent's other works include screenplays of the films The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1970), Paper Moon (1973), Nuts (1987), White Palace (1990), What About Bob? (1991), Unfaithful (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
^"Alvin Sargent, Oscar-Winning 'Julia' and 'Ordinary People' Screenwriter, Dies at 92". 11 May 2019.
AlvinSargent (April 12, 1927 – May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Julia (1977), and...
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with more dignity than excitement...Quite consciously, Mulligan and AlvinSargent, who wrote the screenplay, have kept their focus on the poor whites...
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