Biography
Robert Anderson (1917–2009) was an American playwright, screenwriter and theatrical producer. Born Robert Woodruff Anderson in Manhattan, he studied at Harvard University, earning both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree.
He is best known for the Broadway play Tea and Sympathy (1953), later adapted into a 1956 film, and for the play I Never Sang for My Father (1968), which he adapted for the screen in 1970. His other notable screenplays include Until They Sail (1957), The Nun's Story (1959) and The Sand Pebbles (1966). He received Academy Award nominations for best adapted screenplay for both The Nun's Story and I Never Sang for My Father.
