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Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer

ActorProducerWriterDirectorEditor Jan 31 (died age 84) Long Branch, New Jersey, USA 1947–2023 (76 year career)
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Biography

Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II—more than any other post-war American writer. His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him early renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fict…

Known For

When We Were Kings
Film

When We Were Kings

Self
Ragtime
Film

Ragtime

Stanford White
Best of Enemies
Film

Best of Enemies

Self (archival)
Inside Deep Throat
Film

Inside Deep Throat

Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Film

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Self
King Lear
Film

King Lear

Self (uncredited)
The Naked and the Dead
Film

The Naked and the Dead

Novel
Cremaster 2
Film

Cremaster 2

Harry Houdini

Filmography

Acting (46)

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Movies (34)

How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

2023

as Self (archive footage)

The Capote Tapes

The Capote Tapes

2021

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

5.9
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

2019

as Self

6.7
Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

2015

as Self (archival)

7.2
The 50 Year Argument

The 50 Year Argument

2014

as Himself

6.6
Norman Mailer: The American

Norman Mailer: The American

2012

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Henry Kissinger: Secrets of a Superpower

Henry Kissinger: Secrets of a Superpower

2008

as Self

10.0
365 Day Project

365 Day Project

2007

as Self

10.0
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

2006

as Self - Writer & Filmmaker

The Outsider

The Outsider

2005

as Self

6.2
Inside Deep Throat

Inside Deep Throat

2005

as Self

6.4
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

2003

as Self (archive footage)

The Education of Gore Vidal

The Education of Gore Vidal

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
New York in the Fifties

New York in the Fifties

2001

as Self

L'étrange festival

L'étrange festival

2001

as Himself

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

2000
6.1
Mailer on Mailer

Mailer on Mailer

2000

as Himself

5.0
Oh My America

Oh My America

2000

as Himself

Cremaster 2

Cremaster 2

1999

as Harry Houdini

6.2
When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings

1996

as Self

7.6
Baby Trouble Hole

Baby Trouble Hole

1996

as Interviewed

Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio

1988

as Self

6.5
King Lear

King Lear

1988

as Self (uncredited)

6.4
Empire City

Empire City

1985

as Self

9.0
Ragtime

Ragtime

1981

as Stanford White

7.0
Town Bloody Hall

Town Bloody Hall

1979

as Himself

5.3
Year of the Woman

Year of the Woman

1973
Maidstone

Maidstone

1971

as Norman T. Kingsley

3.9
Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising

Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising

1970
Norman Mailer vs. Fun City

Norman Mailer vs. Fun City

1970
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

1968

as Self

7.4
Beyond the Law

Beyond the Law

1968

as Lt. Francis Xavier Pope

4.8
Wild 90

Wild 90

1968

as Prince

4.9
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?

Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?

1968

as Self