Garson Kanin

Career Overview

Garson Kanin has 50 screen credits in a career dating back to 1938. Signature works include Smash, The Girl Can't Help It, Adam's Rib. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

50

Birth Date

1912-11-24

Birth Place

Rochester, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Smash
• 

  The Girl Can't Help It
• 

  Adam's Rib
• 

  Born Yesterday
• 

  Pat and Mike
• 

  Born Yesterday

Frequent Collaborators

• Tom Ewell (2 collaborations)
• Spencer Tracy (2 collaborations)
• Katharine Hepburn (2 collaborations)
• Judy Holliday (2 collaborations)
• Joseph E. Bernard (2 collaborations)
• Harry Cody (2 collaborations)
• Roger Davis (2 collaborations)
• John Fell (2 collaborations)
• Louis Mason (2 collaborations)
• Gil Patric (2 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (22 credits)

  • Smash

    novel

    writing

    - The Tonys (2013) ... novel writing

    - The Nominations (2013) ... novel writing

    - The Transfer (2013) ... novel writing

    - The Phenomenon (2013) ... novel writing

    - The Producers (2013) ... novel writing
    2012
  • Born Yesterday

    theatre play

    writing
    1993
  • The Silent Lovers

    novel

    writing
    1980
  • The Scarlett O'Hara War

    novel

    writing
    1980
  • This Year's Blonde

    novel

    writing
    1980
  • Hardhat & Legs

    screenplay

    writing
    1980
  • Ferraille et chiffons

    author

    writing
    1972
  • Some Kind of a Nut

    writer

    writing
    1969
  • Where It's At

    writer

    writing
    1969
  • The Right Approach

    theatre play

    writing
    1961
  • High Time

    story

    writing
    1960
  • The Rat Race

    theatre play

    writing
    1960
  • The Girl Can't Help It

    novel

    writing
    1956
  • Born Yesterday

    writer

    writing
    1956
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    - Six People, No Music (1959) ... story writing
    1955
  • It Should Happen to You

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Pat and Mike

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • The Marrying Kind

    writer

    writing
    1952
  • Born Yesterday

    theatre play

    writing
    1950
  • Adam's Rib

    screenplay

    writing
    1949
  • A Double Life

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • From This Day Forward

    adaptation

    writing
    1946

• actors (10 credits)

  • Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - Robert Downey Sr., Garson Kanin, Gwen Verdon, Jimi Hendrix (1969) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 67 (1977) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • The Merv Griffin Show

    - Episode 15 (1967) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • What's My Line?

    - Episode 471 (1959) ... Self - Panelist actor actors
    1950

• directing (15 credits)

  • Some Kind of a Nut

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Where It's At

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    stage director

    directing
    1959
  • Born Yesterday

    director

    directing
    1956
  • A Salute to France

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Ring of Steel

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Fellow Americans

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Night Shift

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Tom, Dick and Harry

    director

    directing
    1941
  • They Knew What They Wanted

    director

    directing
    1940
  • My Favorite Wife

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Bachelor Mother

    director

    directing
    1939
  • The Great Man Votes

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Next Time I Marry

    director

    directing
    1938
  • A Man to Remember

    director

    directing
    1938

• crew (3 credits)

  • The More the Merrier

    additional writing

    crew
    1943
  • My Favorite Wife

    additional writing

    crew
    1940
  • The Great Man Votes

    additional writing

    crew
    1939