birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
philadelphia , pennsylvania , united states 11 august 1925 arnold schulman
 arnold schulman writer , producer , songwriter , actor
arnold schulman

arnold schulman -lrb- born august 11 , 1925 -rrb- is an american playwright , screenwriter , producer , a songwriter and novelist .
he was a stage actor long associated with the american theatre wing and the actors studio .
born in philadelphia , pennsylvania , schulman attended the university of north carolina where he took writing courses .
he served with the navy , and in 1946 came to new york city , where he began to write in earnest .
he studied playwriting with robert anderson -lrb- `` tea and sympathy '' -rrb- in classes at new york 's american theatre wing , scripted for television during the early 1950s , making a transition to hollywood films in 1957 .
