| Birth: | Aug. 22, 1909 | | Death: | Dec. 30, 2000 | 
Screenwriter, Producer. Along with his twin brother, Philip Epstein, and Howard Koch, he shared the Best Screenplay Academy Award for "Casablanca" (1942). His other important movie credits included "Four Daughters" (Academy Award nomination, 1938), "The Bride Came C.O.D." (1941), "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1942), "Mr. Skeffington" (1944), "The Tender Trap" (1955), "Light in the Piazza" (1962), "Send Me No Flowers" (1964), "Pete 'n' Tillie" (Academy Award nomination, 1972), "House Calls" (1978), and "Reuben, Reuben" (Academy Award nomination, 1983). He received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's career achievement award in 1988. Epstein was a 1931 graduate of Penn State and won the intercollegiate bantamweight boxing championship in 1929. His grand-nephew Theo was General Manager of the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2011 and was named General Manager of the Chicago Cubs in 2011. (bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
Search Amazon for Julius J. Epstein | | | Burial:
Hillside Memorial Park
Culver City
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Valley of Remembrance, Block 24, Plot 1030, Grave 5 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: May 16, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 22215 |
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