Ring Lardner Jr.

1915

2000

Writer

Ring Lardner Jr. was an American screenwriter most active from 1937 to 1977. For 15 years Lardner was blacklisted by the entertainment industry after being convicted of contempt of Congress as one of the Hollywood Ten. He earned Academy Awards for best original screenplay for WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942) and for writing M*A*S*H (1970).

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