`Born Yesterday' playwright Garson Kanin, 86, dies

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | March 14, 1999 | Copyright

Garson Kanin, a prolific playwright who created the Broadway and Hollywood classic "Born Yesterday," died Saturday of heart failure after a long illness. He was 86.

"Born Yesterday" made Judy Holliday a stage star in 1946 and won her an Oscar for the movie version in 1950.

Kanin was the author or director of numerous stage and movie hits, including some of the celebrated screen pairings of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. In collaboration with his wife of 43 years, ...

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