Carol Sobieski

Screenwriter

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Also Known As

Carol O'Brien

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born

March 16, 1939

Died

November 04, 1990

Cause of Death

Amyloidosis

Biography

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Award-winning screen and TV writer who began writing episodes for the popular 1960s TV series "Mr. Novak," "The Mod Squad," "Peyton Place" and "Fame Is the Name of the Game." Sobieski created independent and adventurous women in the made-for-TV movies "The Neon Ceiling" (1971), "Amelia Earhart" (1976), her adaptation of Marilyn French's best-selling feminist novel "The Women's Room" (198...

Filmography

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Money for Nothing (1993)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)

Winter People (1989)

A Place to Call Home (1987)

A Place to Call Home (1987)

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Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) President Roosevelt Called Three Times

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) She's A Drunk!

Family & Companions

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James Louis Sobieski

Husband

Lawyer. Married on November 22, 1964.

Biography

Award-winning screen and TV writer who began writing episodes for the popular 1960s TV series "Mr. Novak," "The Mod Squad," "Peyton Place" and "Fame Is the Name of the Game." Sobieski created independent and adventurous women in the made-for-TV movies "The Neon Ceiling" (1971), "Amelia Earhart" (1976), her adaptation of Marilyn French's best-selling feminist novel "The Women's Room" (1980), "A Place to Call Home" (1987) and "Sarah, Plain and Tall" (1991). Her television work ranged from the sentimental dramas "Sunshine" (1973) and "Sunshine Christmas" (1977) to the thrillers "Reflections of Murder" (1974) and "The Bourne Identity" (1988).

Sobieski scripted her first feature, "Sunshine Part II" in 1975 and subsequently wrote "Casey's Shadow" (1978), "Honeysuckle Rose" (1980), John Huston's misbegotten film of the Broadway musical "Annie" (1982) and Tim Hunter's teen film "Sylvester" (1985). She received a posthumous Oscar nomination for adapting (with novelist Fannie Flagg) the strongly feminist "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991), Flagg's moving novel about independent-spirited, convention-spurning women living in the South in the 1930s.

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Money for Nothing (1993)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)

Winter People (1989)

A Place to Call Home (1987)

A Place to Call Home (1987)

Sylvester (1985)

The Women's Room (1980)

Where the Ladies Go (1980)

Honeysuckle Rose (1980)

Casey's Shadow (1978)

Sunshine Christmas (1977)

Amelia Earhart (1976)

Sunshine Part II (1976)

Characters As Source Material

Sunshine Part II (1976)

Reflections of Murder (1974)

Sunshine (1973)

The Neon Ceiling (1971)

The Neon Ceiling (1971)

A Little Game (1971)

Producer (Feature Film)

Winter People (1989)

Associate Producer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Winter People (1989)

Production Supervisor

Writer (TV Mini-Series)

The Bourne Identity (1988)

Life Events

1964

Moved to Los Angeles; first writing assignments on TV series "Mister Novak" and "Peyton Place"

1970

Wrote first TV movie, "Dial Hot Line"

1991

Earned posthumous Oscar nomination for "Fried Green Tomatoes"

Videos

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) President Roosevelt Called Three Times After a big musical number celebrating her arrival at the home of billionaire Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks (Albert Finney), Aileen Quinn (the “Little Orphan” title character) hides as the man makes his first appearance, confronting his aide Miss Farrell (Ann Reinking), in producer Ray Stark and director John Huston’s Annie, 1982.

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) She's A Drunk! Hired orphanage boss Miss Hannigan (Carol Burnett) had assumed she was about to get busted for various drunken deeds but is much happier when she realizes Miss Farrell (Ann Reinking) represents a billionaire interested in temporary adoption, the title character (Aileen Quinn) volunteering, early in Annie, 1982.

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here A bigger-still production number, shot inside Wilson Hall, Monmouth University in Long Branch, NJ, John Huston directing with choreography by Arlene Phillips to a tune by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin from the original Broadway hit, Aileen Quinn (title character) supported by Anne Reinking (as Miss Farrell) and other members of the Warbucks household, in Annie, 1982.

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) Sign! Having warmed to the title character (the orphan whom he originally meant to adopt for just one week), wealthy Oliver Warbucks (Albert Finney) pressures the orphanage boss (Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan) to sign the deal, but she has her own agenda, in Annie, 1982, song by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin.

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) It's The Hard-Knock Life Immediately following the restrained first number, the girls (Aileen Queen the “Little Orphan” title character, Toni Ann Gisondi as little Molly) have scared up their minder, Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, director John Huston exercising a tight grip in his first musical, song by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, choreography by Arlene Phillips, production design by Dale Hennesy, in producer Ray Stark’s Annie, 1982.

Honeysuckle Rose (1980) -- (Movie Clip) On The Road Again Joining director Jerry Schatzberg’s opening, road manager Sid (Charles Levin) urging country star Buck (WIllie Nelson) to quit golf practice and get on the bus, into a montage featuring Slim Pickens as sideman Garland, to Willie’s Academy Award-nominated original hit song, from Honeysuckle Rose, 1980.

Honeysuckle Rose (1980) -- (Movie Clip) You Smell Like A Cesspool Country star Buck Bonham (Willie Nelson) arriving home on the bus, picking up son Jamie (Joey Floyd), greeted by wife Dyan Cannon (for whom the movie is named), early in director Jerry Schatzberg’s sentimental hit Honeysuckle Rose, 1980, co-starring Amy Irving.

Honeysuckle Rose (1980) -- (Movie Clip) She's Still Sayin' Ain't At a Texas picnic for recently-returned singing star Buck Bonham (Willie Nelson), with wife Dyan Cannon (title character), and introducing Amy Irving as Lily, daughter of his retired guitarist, who’s teaching his son Jamie (Joey Floyd) to play, ending with Willie’s own song Crazy, in Honeysuckle Rose, 1980.

Casey's Shadow -- (Movie Clip) Count Your Blessings Dr. John's Coonass plays, goings on at the south-Louisiana Bourdelle horse farm, dad Lloyd (Walter Matthau) with sons Randy (Stephen Burns), Casey (Michael Hershewe) and Buddy (Andrew Rubin), in Martin Ritt's Casey's Shadow, 1978.

Annie - (Original Trailer) An orphan attracts the attention of a Wall Street tycoon and a con artist in John Huston's movie version of the Broadway hit Annie (1982).

Family

Frank Thomas O'Brien

Father

Lawyer, rancher.

Emeline O'Brien

Mother

Painter, politician, teacher.

Emeline Sobieski

Daughter

Mona Sobieski

Daughter

James Sobieski

Son

Companions

James Louis Sobieski

Husband

Lawyer. Married on November 22, 1964.

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