Reginald Rose facts for kids
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Reginald Rose
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| Born | December 10, 1920 Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
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| Died | April 19, 2002 (aged 81) Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1951–1987 |
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| Children | 6 |
Reginald Rose (born December 10, 1920 – died April 19, 2002) was an American writer for television and movies. He was known for writing about important social topics and real-life issues. His style was very realistic, especially in the TV shows of the 1950s.
Rose grew up in Manhattan, New York City. He is most famous for his story Twelve Angry Men. This story is about a jury deciding the fate of a person accused of a crime. It was first a TV play and then became a famous movie in 1957, directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Early Life and Start in Writing
Reginald Rose was born in Manhattan on December 10, 1920. His father, William Rose, was a lawyer. Reginald went to Townsend Harris High School and briefly attended City College of New York. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946. He became a first lieutenant.
Rose started trying to write when he was 15 years old. He said it took him a long time to become successful. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked many different jobs. He was a copywriter for an advertising company, a publicist for a movie studio, and even a window washer.
Writing for Television
Rose sold his first TV play, called Bus to Nowhere, in 1951. It was for a live TV show called Studio One. Four years later, the same show bought his play Twelve Angry Men.
This famous play takes place entirely in a room where a jury is deciding if a teenage boy is guilty of a crime. Rose got the idea for the play after he served on a real jury. He found the experience very powerful and thought it would make a great story.
Rose won an Emmy Award for his TV play Twelve Angry Men. He also received an Oscar nomination when it was made into a movie in 1957. From 1950 to 1960, Rose wrote for all the major TV networks.
In 1961, he created and wrote for a weekly TV show called The Defenders. This show was a courtroom drama that explored legal cases. The Defenders won two Emmy Awards for its writing.
The Twilight Zone Episode
Rose's TV play "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" was used for an episode of the popular TV series The Twilight Zone. This episode was shown on CBS in 1963.
The story was about how people sometimes remember only the good parts of the past and forget the bad parts. This TV play had first been produced in 1955 as an episode of Studio One.
Writing for Movies
Reginald Rose wrote screenplays for many movies. His first movie script was Crime in the Streets (1956). This film was based on a TV play he wrote earlier.
He also worked with British producer Euan Lloyd on several action movies. These included The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves, Who Dares Wins, and Wild Geese II.
Family Life and Passing
Reginald Rose married Barbara Langbart in 1943. They had four children together. After they divorced, he married Ellen McLaughlin in 1963, and they had two children.
Reginald Rose passed away on April 19, 2002, at the age of 81. He died in a hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut, due to heart problems.
His Written Works
Here are some of the plays Reginald Rose wrote:
- The Porcelain Year (1950)
- Twelve Angry Men (1954)
- Sacco-Vanzetti Story (1960)
- Black Monday (1962)
- Dear Friends (1968)
- This Agony, This Triumph (1972)
See also
In Spanish: Reginald Rose para niños
