Edna Anhalt


Edna Anhalt was an American screenwriter, television writer, and film producer.

Biography

Together with then-husband Edward Anhalt, she enjoyed some considerable success in a 10-year stretch from 1947 to her retirement in 1957. This stretch was capped with an Academy Award for Best Story win for Elia Kazan's 1950 film Panic in [the Streets |Panic in the Streets], and another nomination two years later for The Sniper. She also wrote the screenplays to The [Member of the Wedding |The Member of the Wedding], Not as a Stranger and The Pride and the Passion, which was her last film credit.
Following her divorce from Edward, she later moved into television script-writing and wrote episodes for anthologies The Schlitz Playhouse, General Electric Theatre, and The Virginian.

Filmography

YearFilmRole
1947Bulldog Drummond [Strikes Back |Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back]Script
1948The Younger BrothersScript
1948Embraceable YouScript
1950Panic in the StreetsFrom a Story By
1950SierraScreenplay
1950Return of the FrontiersmanScreenplay
1952My Six ConvictsAssociate Producer
1952Eight Iron MenAssociate Producer
1952The SniperAssociate Producer. Original Story
1953The Member of [the Wedding |The Member of the Wedding]Associate Producer, Script
1955Not as a StrangerScript
1957The Hole CardTeleplay
1957The Pride and the PassionScreen Story and Screenplay by