---
name: "Carol Sobieski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carol-sobieski"
fi1m_id: "carol-sobieski"
imdb_id: "nm0811807"
tmdb_id: 18253
wikidata_id: "Q513657"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 March 1939"
died: "4 November 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T17:47:44.371518+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carol Sobieski

## Identity

Carol Sobieski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carol-sobieski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carol-sobieski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0811807
- **TMDB ID:** 18253
- **Wikidata ID:** Q513657
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Sobieski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513657, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811807/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18253

Writer. Born 16 March 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 4 November 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 March 1939, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 4 November 1990
- **Active:** 1982–1991
- **Also known as:** Carol O'Brien, C. O'Brien
- **Frequently works with:** [Ray Stark](https://film.one/person/ray-stark.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 52 (2), 1990s 75 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Family 2
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $224m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Sobieski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513657, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811807/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18253

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Toy*](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md) (46)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carol Sobieski was an American screenwriter. Born Carol O'Brien on 16 March 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, she grew up in Texas and studied at Smith College before earning a master's degree in literature from Trinity College, Dublin.

Her screenwriting credits include the films *Annie* (1982), *The Toy* (1982), *Winter People* (1989) and *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), for which she shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Fannie Flagg. She also wrote extensively for television, including episodes of *Family*, for which she received a Humanitas Prize in 1978, and the teleplays *Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking* (1976) and *Sarah, Plain and Tall* (1991). Sobieski died on 4 November 1990 in Santa Monica, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), Fi1m 75, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/fried-green-tomatoes.md)
- *Annie* (1982), Fi1m 58, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/annie.md)
- *The Toy* (1982), Fi1m 46, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Money for Nothing* (1993), Screenplay
- *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), Screenplay — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/fried-green-tomatoes.md)
- *Sarah, Plain and Tall* (1991), Teleplay
- *Winter People* (1989), Screenplay, Supervising Producer
- *The Bourne Identity* (1988), series, Supervising Producer, Writer
- *A Place to Call Home* (1987), Story, Teleplay
- *Sylvester* (1985), Writer
- *Obsessed with a Married Woman* (1985), Teleplay
- *The Toy* (1982), Screenplay — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *Annie* (1982), Writer, Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/annie.md)
- *The Women's Room* (1980), Writer
- *Honeysuckle Rose* (1980), Screenplay
- *Where the Ladies Go* (1980), Writer
- *Casey's Shadow* (1978), Screenplay
- *Sunshine Christmas* (1977), Writer
- *A Little Game* (1977), Writer
- *Amelia Earhart* (1976), Writer
- *Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking* (1976), Writer
- *Reflections of Murder* (1974), Teleplay
- *Unwed Father* (1974), Story
- *Sunshine* (1973), Writer
- *The Neon Ceiling* (1971), Story, Screenplay
- *Dial Hot Line* (1970), Story, Screenplay
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Writer
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, Writer
- *Peyton Place* (1964), series, Writer
- *Mr. Novak* (1963), series, Writer
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1992: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Fried Green Tomatoes*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1983: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *Annie*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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