Birthday: July 26, 1922
American filmmaker Blake Edwards was the grandson of J. Gordon Edwards, director of such silent film epics as The Queen of Sheba (1922). Blake started his own film career as an actor in 1943; he played bits in A-movies and leads in B-movies, paying his dues in such trivialities as Gangs of the Waterfront and Strangler of the Swamp (both 1945). He turned to writing radio ...more- 1982
- French Academy of Cinema
- Best Foreign Film
- Victor/Victoria
- win
- 1982
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Victor/Victoria
- nom
- 1963
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Film - Any Source
- Days of Wine and Roses
- nom
- 1962
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Director
- Days of Wine and Roses
- nom
- 1948
- Leather Gloves
- Vince Reedy
- 1948
- Panhandle
- Floyd Schofield
- 1946
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- Corporal
- 1946
- Till the End of Time
- Foreman
- 1946
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- Sailor
- 1999
- Victor/Victoria
- Stage Director
- 1999
- Victor/Victoria
- Book (Musical)
- 1993
- Son of the Pink Panther
- Director
- 1993
- Son of the Pink Panther
- Screenwriter
- 1991
- Switch
- Director














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