Carol Sobieski
{{short description|American screenwriter (1939–1990)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carol Sobieski
| image = CarolandJamie.png
| caption = Sobieski with her son James
| birth_name = Carol O'Brien
| birth_date = March 16, 1939
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|11|04|1939|03|16}}
| death_place = Santa Monica, California, United States
| occupation = Writer
| years_active = 1964–1990
| spouse = James Louis Sobieski (m. 1964)
| children = 3
| awards = {{Awards|Humanitas Prize|1978|Family}}
}}
Carol Sobieski ({{nee}} O'Brien; March 16, 1939 – November 4, 1990) was an American screenwriter whose work included the scripts for Annie (1982) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991).
Early life
Sobieski was born Carol O'Brien in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939.{{cite web
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| access-date =2008-05-23 }} Her father was a lawyer and her mother a politician and teacher. Five years later, the family moved close to Amarillo in Texas. Sobieski attended Smith College and received her Master's degree in Literature from Trinity College, Dublin. She married lawyer James Louis Sobieski in 1964, and they had three children.{{cite news |last1=Blau |first1=Eleanor |title=Carol Sobieski, 51, A Writer of Scripts For Films and TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/09/obituaries/carol-sobieski-51-a-writer-of-scripts-for-films-and-tv.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 November 1990}}
Film career
In 1978, Sobieski won the Humanitas Prize for the television series Family. She was nominated for two Emmy Awards, for Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking in 1977, and Sarah, Plain and Tall in 1991.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
Sobieski and author Fannie Flagg were awarded the 1991 USC Scripter Award for their screenplay for Fried Green Tomatoes, the film adaptation of Flagg's novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. They were also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.{{cite web
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Filmography
- 1973: Sunshine
- 1976: Family
- 1976: Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
- 1976: Amelia Earhart - television miniseries
- 1978: Casey's Shadow{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Casey's Shadow|authorlink=Vincent Canby|first=Vincent|last=Canby|date=1978-03-17|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01E2DA1631E632A25754C1A9659C946990D6CF}}
- 1980: Honeysuckle Rose
- 1980: The Women's Room
- 1982: Annie
- 1982: The Toy
- 1985: Sylvester
- 1988: The Bourne Identity - television movie
- 1989: Winter People
- 1991: Sarah, Plain and Tall
- 1991: Fried Green Tomatoes
- 1993: Money for Nothing
Death
Sobieski died on November 4, 1990, in Santa Monica, California, at age 51. Her cause of death was from the blood plasma liver disease known as amyloidosis.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0811807|name=Carol Sobieski}}
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{{USC Scripter Awards — Film}}
{{Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement}}
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Category:Screenwriters from Texas
Category:People from Amarillo, Texas
Category:American women screenwriters