Edna Anhalt

Edna Anhalt was an American screenwriter, often working as part of a writing team with her husband Edward Anhalt (1914-2000). Her writing credits span the years 1947 to 1957. Anhalt's claim to fame is winning the Academy Award for Best Story for the film "Panic in the Streets" (1950) concerning an epidemic of pneumonic plague, and for being nominated again for the film "The Sniper" (1952) concerning a spree killer with misogynist tendencies. In 1957, Edna and Edward Anhalt received a divorce, and stopped working as a writing team. Edna retired, while Edward continued working as a screenwriter until 1989.