Frank D. Gilroy

Birth Name:

Frank Daniel Gilroy

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Director, Producer

Was drafted into the U․S․ Army and served in Europe during World War II for three years
Won a Berlin Film Festival Award for his film "Desperate Characters" in 1971
Won the theater world's "triple crown" - a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award and a Drama Critics' Circle Award - during his lifetime
Graduated with high honors from Dartmouth College with a degree in sociology in 1950 and also briefly studied drama at Yale University
Made his debut off-Broadway with 1962's "Who'll Save the Plowboy?"
Quote: "I'd like to walk into a room sometime and be introduced as the author of something other than that play․ There's always one thing in a career that has more impact than anything else․ In my case, 'The Subject Was Roses' was that thing․"
Best known as an award-winning playwright and screenwriter who received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "The Subject Was Roses" in 1965
The Subject Was Roses was his first and only Broadway hit and achieved greatly popularity than any of his other plays, novels and screenplays

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