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Norman Mailer

Acting

Born January 31, 1923 · Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Died November 10, 2007

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Biography

Nachem Malech Mailer, known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.

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Awards & recognition

  • PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award · 1996
  • Helmerich Award · 1992
  • Emerson-Thoreau Medal · 1989
  • Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Director · 1988
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award · 1982
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  • Pulitzer Prize — Fiction · 1980
  • National Book Award · 1969
  • Pulitzer Prize — General Nonfiction · 1969
  • George Polk Award · 1968
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Legion of Honour
  • star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
  • Neustadt International Prize — Literature · 1994 · nominated
  • Hammett Prize · 1991 · nominated
  • Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Screenplay · 1988 · nominated
  • Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Director · 1988 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special · 1983 · nominated
  • Pulitzer Prize — Fiction · 1980 · nominated
  • National Book Award — Fiction · 1968 · nominated

Filmography17 titles

Gilmore Girls

2000as Norman Mailer

When We Were Kings

1996as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal

2015as Self (archival)

Diaries Notes and Sketches

1968as Self

Norman Mailer: The American

2012as Self (archive footage)

Ragtime

1981as Stanford White

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

2019as Self

Inside Deep Throat

2005as Self

The Capote Tapes

2019as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Town Bloody Hall

1979as Himself

Wild 90

1968as Prince

Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987Director, Novel, Writer

Maidstone

1971as Norman T. Kingsley

How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

2023as Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

2006as Self - Writer & Filmmaker