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Clifford Odets

American playwright and screenwriter
Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdraw from Broadway's commercial pressures... Wikipedia
Born: July 18, 1906, Philadelphia, PA
Died: August 14, 1963 (age 57 years), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Bette Grayson (m. 1943–1952) and Luise Rainer (m. 1937–1940)
Children: Walt Odets and Nora Odets