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As per our current Database, James Costigan has been died on 19 December, 2007 at Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA.
🎂 James Costigan - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
When James Costigan die, James Costigan was 81 years old.
| Popular As |
James Costigan |
| Occupation |
Writer |
| Age |
81 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
| Born |
March 31, 1926 (Los Angeles, California, USA) |
| Birthday |
March 31 |
| Town/City |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Nationality |
USA |
🌙 Zodiac
James Costigan’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
James Costigan was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
James Costigan, the Emmy Award-winning TV writer and Broadway dramatist, was born James Smith in East Los Angeles, California on March 31, 1926. He won three Emmy Awards, for "Little Moon of Alban" (which appeared on the Hallmark Hall of Fame) in 1959; Love Among the Ruins (1975), a TV movie starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier in 1976; and Eleanor and Franklin (1976) in 1977.
He was also nominated for an Emmy for his adaptation of Henry James's Startime: The Turn of the Screw (1959) in 1960.He established himself as a TV screenwriter during the Golden Age of TV drama in the 1950s, when he wrote for the anthology series, including General Electric Theater, Studio One, and the United States Steel Hour.
In the early 1960s, Costigan tried to establish himself as a Broadway playwright, but did not achieve the success he had experienced on television. "Little Moon of Alban" was staged on Broadway in 1960 but closed after 20 performances.
"The Beast in Me", a musical based on James Thurber's fables for which he wrote the book and lyrics and even acted in, was a bigger flop, closing after just four performances.His last Broadway play, the 1964 comedy "Baby Want a Kiss", was a relative success.
Put on under the aegis of the Actor's Studio and starring superstar Paul Newman and his wife, Oscar-winner Joanne Woodward, the play ran for 148 performances.James Costigan died of heart failure on December 19, 2007.
He was 81 years old.
James Costigan Movies
- Eleanor and Franklin (1976) as Writer
- Love Among the Ruins (1975) as Writer
- The United States Steel Hour (1955) as Writer
- Startime (1959) as Writer
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