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Also Known As Sidney Coe Howard
Born June 26, 1891 • Oakland • California
Died August 23, 1939 (aged 48) • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1940) • Pulitzer Prize (1925)
Notable Works “Dodsworth” • “Gone with the Wind” • “The Silver Cord” • “They Knew What They Wanted”

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