---
name: "Samuel A. Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samuel-a-taylor"
fi1m_id: "samuel-a-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0853138"
tmdb_id: 5736
wikidata_id: "Q249718"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 June 1912"
died: "26 May 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:24:27.135473+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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# Samuel A. Taylor

## Identity

Samuel A. Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samuel-a-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samuel-a-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0853138
- **TMDB ID:** 5736
- **Wikidata ID:** Q249718
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249718, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5736

Writer. Born 13 June 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 26 May 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 June 1912, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 26 May 2000
- **Also known as:** Samuel Albert Tanenbaum, Samuel Taylor
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249718, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5736

## Biography

Samuel A. Taylor (born Samuel Albert Tanenbaum) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on 13 June 1912, he made his Broadway debut as the author of the play *The Happy Time* in 1950.

Taylor wrote the play *Sabrina Fair* (1953) and co-wrote the screenplay for its 1954 film adaptation *Sabrina*. He contributed to the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock’s *Vertigo* (1958) and later wrote the script for Hitchcock’s *Topaz* (1969). Other screen credits include *The Eddy Duchin Story* (1956) and *Goodbye Again* (1961). His plays also include *The Pleasure of His Company* (1958) and *Avanti!* (1968), the latter adapted as a 1972 film.

Taylor died on 26 May 2000 in Blue Hill, Maine.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vertigo* (1958), Fi1m 92, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Sabrina* (1995), Original Film Writer, Theatre Play
- *Avanti!* (1972), Theatre Play
- *The Love Machine* (1971), Screenplay
- *Promise at Dawn* (1970), Theatre Play
- *Topaz* (1969), Screenplay
- *Rosie!* (1967), Screenplay
- *Three on a Couch* (1966), Screenplay
- *The Pleasure of His Company* (1961), Theatre Play, Screenplay
- *Goodbye Again* (1961), Screenplay
- *Vertigo* (1958), Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *The Monte Carlo Story* (1956), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *The Eddy Duchin Story* (1956), Screenplay
- *Sabrina* (1954), Screenplay, Theatre Play
- *The Happy Time* (1952), Theatre Play

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1955: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Sabrina*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Musical 1962: Tony Award for Best Musical (nominated), for *No Strings*

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

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