Ira Levin
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Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter.
His best known works include A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), and The Boys From Brazil (1976), as well as the play Deathtrap (1978).
Many of his books and plays have been adapted to film.
Early life
Levin was born on August 27, 1929, in the borough of Manhattan, New York. He grew up in both Manhattan and Bronx. Charles, his father, was a toy importer. Levin was educated at the exclusive Horace Mann School in New York. He was referred to as "a nice Jewish boy from New York" during his youth. He attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1946 to 1948, then New York University, where he concentrated in philosophy and English. He graduated in 1950. From 1953 to 1955, he served in the Army Signal Corps.
Professional life
Levin created training films and scripts for radio and television after college. In 1951, Leda's Portrait" was published in Lights Out.
No Time for Sergeants, Levin's first stage play (adapted from the Mac Hyman story), a parody of a hillbilly recruited into the United States Air Force. Andy Griffith was cast in it and boosted his career. The play was based on a movie of the same name that was released in 1958 and costarring Nick Adams. Later, the idea was born as a 1964 television comedy film starring Sammy Jackson. Sergeants are generally considered the precursor to Gomer Pyle, Washington, D.C.
Deathtrap, Levin's most well-known play, holds the record as the longest-running comedy thriller on Broadway. Levin received his second Edgar Award with this performance. It was released as a film of the same name in 1982, starring Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine.
Levin's debut, A Kiss Before Dying (1953), was well-received, and he received the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. A Kiss Before Dying was originally released twice as a movie of the same name, first in 1956 and then again in 1991.
Rosemary's Baby, Levin's best-known book, is set in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a horror tale of modern-day Satanism and other occultisms. It was originally released in 1968 as a film written and directed by Roman Polanski. Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes appeared in the film. Ruth Gordon was named Best Actress in a Supporting Role by an Academy Award for her role. Roman Polanski was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
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The Stepford Wives were among the Levin books that were later adapted as films, as well as 2004. In 1978, the Boys from Brazil was released as a film.
Levin wrote two more bestselling books in the 1990s: Sliver (1991), which was based on a film made in 1993 by Phillip Noyce. Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, and Tom Berenger appeared in the film. Son of Rosemary (1997) was suggested as a follow-up to Rosemary's Baby. It was never intended to be a film.
"Ira Levin has been dubbed the "Swiss watchmaker" of suspense novels by Stephen King: "Every single book he has ever written has been a wonder of plotting." He is the Swiss watchmaker behind the suspense book, making what the rest of us suspect look like those five-dollar watches you can buy in the discount drug stores.
Personal life
Levin was a Jewish atheist.
Levin was married twice, first to Gabrielle Aronsohn (from 1960 to 1968), with whom he had three sons, Adam, Jared, and Nicholas, and later to Phyllis Sugarman (died 2006). He had four grandchildren.