Anna Sandor is a Hungarian-born Canadian/American film and television screenwriter.Tom McMahon, "A marriage made for TV". ''

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'', December 20, 1986. Sandor began her career as an actress, becoming a writer in her mid-twenties. Her films have garnered numerous major awards, including multiple Emmy nominations, three Humanitas Prizes, the

Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility Th ...

and the

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...

. She has also won the

Margaret Collier Award The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, ...

for lifetime achievement in the Canadian industry. Her Canadian credits include the television films ''

A Population of One ''A Population of One'' is a Canadian television film, directed by Robert Sherrin and broadcast by CBC Television in 1980.Rick Groen, "Change in time warps plot of A Population of One". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 13, 1980. Based on the novel ...

'' (1980), '' The Running Man'' (1981), ''

Charlie Grant's War ''Charlie Grant's War'' is a Canadian television film, directed by Martin Lavut and broadcast by CBC Television in 1985.Donald Martin, "A Canadian hero finally gets his due". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 26, 1985. Set during World War II, the f ...

'' (1985),Donald Martin, "A Canadian hero finally gets his due". ''

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'', January 26, 1985. ''

The Marriage Bed ''The Marriage Bed'' is a Canadian television film, directed by Martin Lavut and broadcast by CBC Television in 1986. Adapted from the novel by Constance Beresford-Howe, the film stars Linda Griffiths as Annie Graham, a woman who is pregnant wit ...

'' (1986), ''Mama's Gonna Buy You a Mockingbird'' (1987) and '' Two Men'' (1988),Hester Riches, "Two Men rooted in stepfather's memories of war". ''

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'', November 17, 1988. and episodes of the television series ''

King of Kensington ''King of Kensington'' is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.Mary Jane Miller, ''Turn Up the Contrast: CBC Television Drama since 1952''. UBC Press, 2011. . pp. 134-144. Synopsis Al Waxman starred as Lar ...

'', ''

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'', '' Seeing Things'' and ''

Hangin' In ''Hangin' In'' was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC from 1981 to 1987. It aired briefly on Nickelodeon and in syndication in the United States. Synopsis The show starred Lally Cadeau as Kate Brown, the attractive and charismati ...

'', a sitcom she co-created that ran for 7 seasons."Sandor wins Gemini". ''

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'', February 22, 1996. She moved to the United States in 1989. Her American movies for television include "Miss Rose White" (Emmy winner); "Amelia Earhart, the Final Flight" (starring Diane Keaton); "My Louisiana Sky" (Emmy winner) and many other notable films. Sandor is a graduate of

Harbord Collegiate Institute Harbord Collegiate Institute (HCI or Harbord) is a public secondary school located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school is located in the Palmerston-Little Italy-Annex neighbourhood, situated on the north side of Harbord Street, betwe ...

and the School of Dramatic Art at the

University of Windsor , mottoeng = Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge , established = , academic_affiliations = CARL, COU, Universities Canada , former_names = Assumption College (1857-1956)Assumption University of Windsor (1956-1963) , type = Public universit ...

. She lives in

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