Ronald Alexander, born Ronald George Alexander Ungerer, (16 February 1917 in

West New York, New Jersey West New York is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 52,912. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates ...

– April 24, 1995 in

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, New York City) was an American playwright. He was best known for writing Broadway comedic plays such as '' Time Out for Ginger'' (1952), '' The Grand Prize'' (1955), ''

Holiday for Lovers ''Holiday for Lovers'' is a 1959 DeLuxe in CinemaScope comedy film directed by Henry Levin. Based on a 1957 play of the same title by Ronald Alexander, the film stars Clifton Webb, Jane Wyman, Jill St. John and Carol Lynley. Plot Robert Dean ...

'' (1957), and ''

Nobody Loves an Albatross ''Nobody Loves an Albatross'' is a 1963 comedy play written by Ronald Alexander, which was performed at the Lyceum Theatre of Broadway, New York between 19 December 1963 and June 20, 1964. It was produced by Elliot Martin and Philip Rose, di ...

'' (1963). After finishing school he had a stint singing in a band and boxing. He wrote screenplays for ''

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'' and ''Billie'', the

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TV movie, '' Johnny Shiloh'', and several episodes of ''

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''. He also wrote a sequel to ''Time Out For Ginger'' called ''Time and Ginger'' in which Ginger is married to Eddie and has to confront her own daughter's sexual rebelliousness. He also had several small roles in Broadway plays such as ''The Patriots'', ''Light Up the Sky'' and ''The Closing Door''. He died of cancer at the Calvary Hospital in The Bronx in April 1995.

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* * 1917 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers People from West New York, New Jersey Writers from New Jersey Deaths from cancer in New York (state) {{US-playwright-stub