Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953) was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Earlier, he was the Berlin correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the drama critic for The New York Times and the first regular drama critic at The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Herman Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York". Both Mankiewicz and Welles received Academy Awards for their screenplay.
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Full name at birth | Herman Jacob Mankiewicz
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Claim to fame | Citizen Kane
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Date of birth | 7 November 1897
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Place of birth | New York City, New York
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Date of death | 5 March 1953
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Age | 55 (age at death)
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Place of death | Hollywood, California
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Cause of death | Uremic Poisoning
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Resting place | Cremated, Ashes scattered
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Occupation | Writer, Screenwriter
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