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Herman J. Mankiewicz
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 55
Also known asHerman Jacob MankiewiczGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn07/11/1897Born inNew York City, New York, USADied05/03/1953 (aged 55)Died inHollywoodCausekidney failureWikidataQ956533 ↗TMDb#30012 ↗

Herman Jacob Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Both Mankiewicz and Welles went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Mankiewicz was previously a Berlin correspondent for Women’s Wear Daily, assistant theater editor at The New York Times, and the first regular drama critic at The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York".

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Filmography5 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2026The Mad Dog of EuropeMovieSelf (archive footage)129
1996The Battle Over Citizen KaneMovie—99
1991The Complete 'Citizen Kane'MovieSelf94
1941Citizen KaneMovieNewspaperman (uncredited)44
1928The Mating CallMovieNewspaperman31