Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Joseph Leo Mankiewicz
Born	February 11, 1909 • Wilkes-Barre • Pennsylvania
Died	February 5, 1993 (aged 83) • New York
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1951) • Academy Award (1950)
Notable Works	“A Letter to Three Wives” • “All About Eve” • “Cleopatra” • “Guys and Dolls” • “No Way Out”
Notable Family Members	brother Herman Jacob Mankiewicz

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Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in a dramatic scene from Suddenly, Last Summer, with Taylor seated in the foreground looking down and Clift watching her intently in the background.

Cleopatra (1963)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz directs Elizabeth Taylor, seated in costume, on the set of Cleopatra, with crew members and an actor in Roman attire in the background.

Gregory Ratoff, center, with Gary Merrill, left, and Bette Davis, right, dressed formally and conversing at a cocktail party in a scene from All About Eve.

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and Richard Burton as Mark Antony gaze at each other closely in a dramatic scene from the 1963 film Cleopatra.

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