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Director, Screenwriter, Play Author Born: July 18, 1906 in Philadelphia, PA Death: August 14, 1963 Biography:Clifford Odets was one of the most celebrated playwrights of the 1930s, and his work for the stage during that period and screenwriting in the '40s yielded some of the more interesting movies of either decade. Born in Philadelphia to immigrant parents, Odets' family was impoverished during his early years, although his father eventually succeeded with a Bronx printing company in New York. The boy was much closer to his aunt and uncle, from whom he absorbed not only a good deal of Jewish culture but also skepticism about the nature of the success that his father was pursuing. And by the time he had reached his teens, he was alienated from both his parents and sisters, all of whom, it seemed to the boy, equated success and happiness with materialistic pursuits.
Considered a failure by his father after he dropped out of high school, Odets plunged into literature, beginning with his favorite book,... Full Biography
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