Meade Roberts

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Meade Roberts
Born(1930-06-13)June 13, 1930
New York City, New York
DiedFebruary 10, 1992(1992-02-10) (aged 61)
New York City, New York U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter

Meade Roberts (13 June 1930 in New York City – 10 February 1992 in New York City) was an American screenwriter who collaborated with

Tomás Milián appeared at Spoleto's Festival dei Due Mondi
in Roberts's one-act play Maidens and Mistresses at Home in the Zoo (1958), written specifically for him.

Meade Roberts wrote television scripts for such shows as CBS's

The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951–1952), and CBS's Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951–1959). He adapted Henry James's novel The Wings of the Dove for Playhouse 90, which aired January 8, 1959, season 3, episode 14, with Dana Wynter as Kate Croy, James Donald as Merton Densher, and Inga Swenson as Milly Theale. NTA Film Network's Play of the Week aired a teleplay of Roberts's play A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden on April 4, 1960, season 1, episode 26, with Glenda Farrell as Rose Frobisher, Barbara Barrie as Lila Frobisher, Robert Webber as Anton Jonas, and Barbara Baxley
as Barbara Parris.

He died of a heart attack in New York City on February 10, 1992.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Mr. Sophistication
1977 Opening Night Eddie Stein
1982 Forty Deuce Old John

References

  1. Honan, William H. (February 5, 1992). "Meade Roberts, Writer, 61, Dies; Tennessee Williams Collaborator"
    . The New York Times. p. 1011. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

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