1. Reginald Rose was best known for his courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men, exploring the members of a jury in a murder trial.
11 Facts About Reginald Rose
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Reginald Rose was born in Manhattan on December 10,1920, the son of Alice and William Rose, a lawyer.
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Reginald Rose sold Bus to Nowhere, his first teleplay, in 1951 to the live dramatic anthology program Studio One.
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Reginald Rose received an Emmy for his teleplay Twelve Angry Men and an Oscar nomination for its 1957 feature-length film adaptation.
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From 1950 to 1960, Reginald Rose wrote for all three of the major broadcast networks.
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Reginald Rose co-wrote the 1986 TV movie My Two Loves, starring Mariette Hartley and Lynn Redgrave.
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Reginald Rose wrote screenplays for many dramas, beginning with Crime in the Streets, an adaptation of his 1955 teleplay for The Elgin Hour.
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Reginald Rose made four movies with British producer Euan Lloyd: The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves, Who Dares Wins and Wild Geese II.
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Reginald Rose married Barbara Langbart in 1943, with whom he had four children.
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Reginald Rose died on April 19,2002, in a Norwalk, Connecticut, hospital, aged 81.
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Reginald Rose's papers are housed in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.