---
name: "Harriet Frank Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harriet-frank-jr"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 March 1917"
died: "28 January 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:06:58.988981+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."
---

# Harriet Frank Jr.

Writer. Born 2 March 1917 in Portland, Oregon, U.S.. Died 28 January 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 March 1917, Portland, Oregon, U.S.
- **Died:** 28 January 2020
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Frank_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225696, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46621

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Norma Rae* (1979), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/norma-rae.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Screenwriters on Screenwriting* (2008), Actor
- *Stanley & Iris* (1990), Screenplay
- *Murphy's Romance* (1985), Screenplay
- *Norma Rae* (1979), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/norma-rae.md)
- *The Spikes Gang* (1974), Screenplay
- *Conrack* (1974), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Carey Treatment* (1972), Screenplay
- *The Cowboys* (1972), Screenplay
- *The Reivers* (1969), Screenplay
- *House of Cards* (1968), Screenplay
- *Hombre* (1967), Writer
- *Hud* (1963), Writer
- *The Dark at the Top of the Stairs* (1960), Screenplay
- *Home from the Hill* (1960), Screenplay
- *The Sound and the Fury* (1959), Screenplay
- *The Long, Hot Summer* (1958), Screenplay
- *Run for Cover* (1955), Story
- *Ten Wanted Men* (1955), Story
- *Whiplash* (1948), Screenplay
- *Silver River* (1948), Screenplay
- *A Really Important Person* (1947), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1980: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Norma Rae*
- 1964: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Hud*

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

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