Ernest Lehman

Producer, Ernest Lehman, was born on Dec 8, 1915 in New York City, NY. Lehman died at the age of 89 on Jul 2, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Lehman was nominated for four Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award. However he won one Honorary Oscar Award in 2000 in appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work.

Academy Awards

Year	Award	Film name	Role	Result
1954	Best Writing	Sabrina (1954)	N/A	Nominated
1959	Best Writing	North by Northwest (1959)	N/A	Nominated
1961	Best Writing	West Side Story (1961)	N/A	Nominated
1966	Best Writing	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	N/A	Nominated

Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)

Year	Award	Description
2000	Honorary Award	in appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work

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, Happy Birthday, 1915-2005 (2)

By C. S. Williams on Dec 8, 2013 From Classic Film Aficionados

Happy Birthday to Writer : Executive Suite & Sabrina, 54; The King and I, 56; Sweet Smell of Success, 57; North by Northwest 59, From the Terrace, 60; West Side Story, 61; The Prize, 63; The Sound of Music, 65. A unique talent, and for me his best script was Sweet Smell of Success, ... Read full article

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, Happy Birthday, 1915-2005

By C. S. Williams on Dec 8, 2013 From Classic Film Aficionados

Happy Birthday to Writer : Executive Suite & Sabrina, 54; The King and I, 56; Sweet Smell of Success, 57; North by Northwest 59, From the Terrace, 60; West Side Story, 61; The Prize, 63; The Sound of Music, 65. A unique talent, and for me his best script was Sweet Smell of Success, ... Read full article

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, Happy Birthday, 1915-2005

By C. S. Williams on Dec 8, 2013 From Classic Film Aficionados

Happy Birthday to Writer : Executive Suite & Sabrina, 54; The King and I, 56; Sweet Smell of Success, 57; North by Northwest 59, From the Terrace, 60; West Side Story, 61; The Prize, 63; The Sound of Music, 65. A unique talent, and for me his best script was Sweet Smell of Success, ... Read full article

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