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Philip G. Epstein

1909 - 1952

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Philip G. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – February 7, 1952) was an American screenwriter most known for his screenplay for the film Casablanca (1942), which won an Academy Award. He had written it in partnership with his twin brother Julius and Howard Koch as an adaptation of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's, written by Murray Bennett and Joan Alison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Philip G. Epstein is the 6,595th most popular writer (down from 6,261st in 2024), the 13,078th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,038th in 2019) and the 928th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Philip G. Epstein ranks 6,595 out of 7,302. Before him are Cory Doctorow, Nina Bawden, Carlton Cuse, Tõnu Õnnepalu, Veronica Roth, and William Wycherley. After him are Ornela Vorpsi, Brian Moore, Khosiyat Rustam, James Lipton, Udo Ulfkotte, and Sabina Berman.

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Among people born in 1909, Philip G. Epstein ranks 412. Before him are Vivian Vance, Bimal Roy, Obafemi Awolowo, Bill Wheatley, Roger Revelle, and Louis Hayward. After him are Vlasta Děkanová, Madge Evans, Sándor Schwartz, Marion Martin, Miguel White, and Irene Hervey. Among people deceased in 1952, Philip G. Epstein ranks 180. Before him are Mary Engle Pennington, Willie Brown, Beattie Ramsay, Robert P. Patterson, Alice Austen, and Elizabeth Kenny. After him are Harold L. Ickes, J. Farrell MacDonald, C. H. Douglas, Fannie Ward, and Polly Moran.

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Philip G. Epstein ranks 928. Before him are Pat Conroy (1945), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), P. C. Cast (1960), Joel Osteen (1963), Alice Stone Blackwell (1857), and Veronica Roth (1988). After him are James Lipton (1926), Frederica Sagor Maas (1900), Melissa Rosenberg (1962), Oliver La Farge (1901), Sarah J. Maas (1986), and Lionel Trilling (1905).

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