page_title: Budd Schulberg
section_title: Personal life and death
hierarchical_section_title: Budd Schulberg / Personal life and death
caption_attribution_description: English: Budd Schulberg at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Location: Pace University's campus in downtown Manhattan. This image is a low-resolution version of a much larger file that is available here.
context_page_description: Budd Schulberg was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels What Makes Sammy Run? and The Harder They Fall, his Academy Award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront, and his screenplay for A Face in the Crowd.
context_section_description: Schulberg was married four times. In 1936, he married his first wife, actress Virginia "Jigee" Lee Ray. They had one daughter, Victoria, before divorcing in 1942. In 1943, he married Victoria "Vickee" Anderson. They divorced in 1964. They had two children: Stephen (born 1944) and David (born 1946). David was a Vietnam veteran who predeceased his father. In 1964, he married actress Geraldine Brooks. They were married until her death in 1977; they had no children. In 1977, he married Betsy Ann Langman, granddaughter of investment banker Maurice Wertheim and great-granddaughter of US ambassador Henry Morgenthau Sr.; they had two children: Benn and Jessica.
  His niece Sandra Schulberg was an executive producer of the Academy Award-nominated film Quills, among other movies. His mother, of The Ad Schulberg Agency, served as his agent until her death in 1977.  His brother, Stuart Schulberg, was a movie and television producer (David Brinkley's Journal, The Today Show).  His sister, Sonya Schulberg (O'Sullivan) (1918-2016) was an occasional writer (novel They Cried a Little and stories).
  Budd Schulberg died in his home in Quiogue, New York, aged 95.
caption: Schulberg at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
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