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name: "S.J. Perelman"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 February 1904"
died: "17 October 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T03:06:35.744035+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."
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# S.J. Perelman

Writer. Born 1 February 1904 in Brooklyn. Died 17 October 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 February 1904, Brooklyn
- **Died:** 17 October 1979
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._J._Perelman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1998209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673279/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144066

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Around the World in 80 Days*](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md) (63)

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## Biography

S.J. Perelman was an American humorist and screenwriter. Born Sidney Joseph Perelman in Brooklyn, New York, on 1 February 1904, he died in New York on 17 October 1979. He attended Brown University, where he edited the humour magazine, but did not graduate.

Perelman wrote screenplays for the Marx Brothers films *Monkey Business* (1931) and *Horse Feathers* (1932). He contributed humorous pieces regularly to *The New Yorker* over several decades. He shared an Academy Award for best screenplay for *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956). He also collaborated on stage works including *One Touch of Venus* (1943).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Fi1m 63, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Elizabeth Taylor in London* (1963), Writer
- *Aladdin* (1958), Writer
- *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, Story
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Screenplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *One Touch of Venus* (1955), Theatre Play
- *One Touch of Venus* (1948), Musical
- *Larceny, Inc.* (1942), Theatre Play
- *The Golden Fleecing* (1940), Screenplay
- *Boy Trouble* (1939), Screenplay
- *Ambush* (1939), Screenplay
- *Florida Special* (1936), Screenplay
- *Paris Interlude* (1934), Theatre Play
- *Sitting Pretty* (1933), Screenplay
- *Horse Feathers* (1932), Screenplay
- *Hold 'Em Jail* (1932), Screenplay
- *Monkey Business* (1931), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1957: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Around the World in 80 Days*

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

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