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    Birthday: November 23, 1934

    Robert Towne would prefer his appearance as the stick-like leading actor Edward Wain in the prententious Roger Corman post-apocalyptic effort The Last Woman on Earth (1960) be forgotten -- in addition to the film's screenplay, which was Towne's first. Despite this inauspicious beginning (and his follow-up starring appearance in Creature From the Haunted Sea [1961]), Towne ...more
    • 1975
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Shampoo
    • nom
    • 1974
    • British Academy of Film and Television
    • Best Screenplay
    • Chinatown
    • win
    • 1974
    • Edgar Allan Poe Awards
    • Best Screenplay
    • Chinatown
    • win
    • 1974
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Screenplay
    • Chinatown
    • win
    • 1974
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Chinatown
    • win


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