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Budd Schulberg

Budd SchulbergAKA Budd Wilson Schulberg

Born: 27-Mar-1914
Birthplace: New York City

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist, Screenwriter

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: What Makes Sammy Run?

Military service: US Navy (WWII); OSS

Father: Benjamin Percival Schulberg ("BP", b. 1892, d. 1957)
Mother: Adeline Jafee
Wife: Virginia Ray ("Jigee", m. 1936, div. 1942, one daughter)
Daughter: Victoria (b. 1940)
Wife: Virginia Anderson (m. 1943, div. 1964, two sons)
Son: Stephen (b. 1944)
Son: David (b. 1946)
Wife: Geraldine Brooks (actress, m. 1964, d. 19-Jun-1977)
Wife: Betsy Ann Langman (m. 9-Jun-1978, one son, one daughter)
Son: Benn Stuart (b. 1979)
Daughter: Jessica Adeline (b. 1981)

    High School: Deerfield Academy
    University: Dartmouth College (1936)

    Oscar for Best Screenplay 1955 for On the Waterfront
    International Boxing Hall of Fame 2003 (writer)
    Communist Party USA (-1939)

Author of books:
What Makes Sammy Run? (1941, novel)
The Harder They Fall (1947, novel)
The Disenchanted (1950, novel)
Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince (1981, memoir)


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