Ira Levin

Ira Levin

1929-08-27 New York City, New York, USA 19 Credits

Biography

Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted into films. He received the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award and several Edgar Awards. Description above from the Wikiped...

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Apartment 7A

Apartment 7A

2024

Novel

6.2

A struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected older couple promise her a shot at fame.

The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

2004

Novel

5.7

What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying littl...

Footsteps

Footsteps

2003

Theatre Play

5.6

Daisy Lowendahl is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan who knows almost everything a...

Samrat

1997

Novel

Samrat is a psychopath who wants to take revenge on the person (Sundar) at any cost, who killed his father and damaged his mother's conduct. He believ...

Sliver

Sliver

1993

Novel

5.5

A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.

A Kiss Before Dying

A Kiss Before Dying

1991

Novel

5.6

Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father...

The Stepford Children

The Stepford Children

1987

Novel

4.7

Steven and Laura Harding, along with their kids David and Mary, have moved to the quiet community of Stepford. Steven joins the men's club, which is s...

Deathtrap

Deathtrap

1982

Theatre Play

6.7

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

Revenge of the Stepford Wives

Revenge of the Stepford Wives

1980

Novel

5.1

A TV reporter arrives in the quiet town of Stepford to launch an investigation into why the town has the lowest divorce and crime rates in America. Ho...

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

1978

Novel

6.7

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby

Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby

1976

Characters

3.8

Baby Adrian is now all grown up and separated from his mother, wrestling with the occult influences that plague him, and trying to outrun Satan himsel...

The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

1975

Novel

6.7

Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all...

Dr. Cook's Garden

Dr. Cook's Garden

1971

Theatre Play

6.6

A young doctor returns to his New England home town after a long absence. He visits with the town's kindly old physician, Dr. Cook, a man he has admir...

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

1968

Novel

7.8

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the pur...

Není doba pro zupáky aneb Patálie seržanta Kinga

1963

Theatre Play

Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice

1963

Theatre Play

5.5

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewin...

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

1958

Theatre Play

7.2

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?

A Kiss Before Dying

A Kiss Before Dying

1956

Story

6.2
Writing

A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

1955

Teleplay

6.5

Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize he's driving everyone around him crazy -- no one more than Sgt....