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Dominick Dunne Biography (1925-)

Born October 29, 1925 (some sources cite 1926), in Hartford, CT; son of Richard (a heart surgeon) and Dorothy B. Dunne; married Ellen Griffin, April 24, 1954 (divorced, 1965); children: Griffin (an actor, director, writer, and producer), Alexander, Dominique (an actress; deceased). Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic. Career: Producer, television executive, journalist, and author. NBC, stage manager for the television series The Howdy Doody Show and Robert Montgomery Presents; CBS Studio One, producer; Dunne-Didion-Dunne, cofounder and producer; Twentieth Century-Fox, executive producer; Four Star (television company), vice-president. Military service: U.S. Army, World War II; received Bronze Star. Addresses: Agent: c/o Curtis Brown Ltd., 10 Astor Pl., New York, NY 10003; and William Morris Agency, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019- 4701.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, television executive, journalist, author

Birth Details

October 29, 1925

some sources cite Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Executive producer, The Boys in the Band, Leo/Cinema Center/National General, 1970
• Producer, Panic in Needle Park, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
• Producer (with Frank Perry), Play It as It Lays, Universal, 1972
• Producer, Ash Wednesday, Paramount, 1973
• Film Appearances
• Matheson, Addicted to Love (also known as Forlorn), WarnerBros., 1997
• Himself, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, Buena Vista, 1997
• Television Work
• Producer (with Richard Goldstone and Art Wallace), Adventures in Paradise (series), ABC, 1959-62
• Producer The Users (movie), ABC, 1978
• Executive producer, 919 Fifth Avenue (also known as Dominick Dunne's 919 Fifth Avenue), 1995
• Stage manager, The Howdy Doody Show, NBC, and Robert MontgomeryPresents, NBC; special consultant to television adaptation of his novelPeople like Us.
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Life Remembers, 1993
• "Shock Video 2: The Show Business of Crime and Punishment," America Undercover, HBO, 1995
• "Charles Manson: Journey into Evil," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
• Shock Video 2: The Show Business of Crime and Punishment, 1995
• Host, The Trial of O. J. Simpson: An Insider's View with Dominick Dunne, The Learning Channel, 1996
• Dominique Dunne: An American Tragedy, 1998
• Elizabeth Montgomery: A Touch of Magic, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Episodic
• Guest caller Jeff, "Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street," Frasier, NBC, 1993
• Ruby, two episodes, 1998
• Commentator on the O. J. Simpson murder trial, CNN.
• WRITINGS
• Television Movies
• The Users, ABC, 1978
• 919 Fifth Avenue (also known as Dominick Dunne's 919 Fifth Avenue), 1995
• Other
• The Winners: Part II of Joyce Haber's The Users (novel), Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1982
• The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (novel), Crown (New York City), 1985
• Fatal Charms, and Other Tales of Today (essays), Crown, 1986
• People Like Us (novel), Crown, 1988
• An Inconvenient Woman (novel), Crown, 1990
• The Mansions of Limbo (essays), Crown, 1991
• A Season in Purgatory (novel), Crown, 1993
• Bodies Electric, 1993
• Three Complete Novels (contains The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, People like Us, and An Inconvenient Woman), Wings Books (New YorkCity), 1994
• Sins of the Sons, 1995
• Another City, Not My Own (novel), Crown, 1997
• Contributor to New York Times Book Review. Contributing editor, Vanity Fair, 1984--.

Further Reference

Adaptations:

• The Two Mrs. Grenvilles was presented as an NBC television miniseries in 1987, starring Ann-Margret and Claudette Colbert. People like Us was presented as an NBC television miniseries in 1990, starring Connie Sellecca, Dennis Farina, and Eva Marie Saint. An Inconvenient Woman was broadcast as a television miniseries in 1991. An article, "Nightmare on Elm Drive," was adapted as the television miniseries Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (also known as Deadly Games and The Menendez Murders), presented by CBS in 1994. A Season in Purgatory was presented asa television miniseries by CBS in 1996.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• Newsmakers 1997, Cumulative, Issue 4, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1997.

Periodicals:

• Publishers Weekly, June 28, 1985, .
• TV Guide, May 12, 1990, .*