E. B. White
- poet
- writer
- journalist
- novelist
- screenwriter
- editor
- essayist
- children's writer
- Born 1899-07-11
- Died 1985-10-01 (aged 86)
- Nationality United States
- Years active 1928–present
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography- 2003Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great AdventurescreenwriterMovie
age 86 - 2002Stuart Little 2screenwriterMovie
age 86 - 1999Stuart LittlescreenwriterMovie
age 86 - 1973Charlotte's WebscreenwriterMovie
age 74
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure | Movie | screenwriter | 86 |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Movie | screenwriter | 86 |
| 1999 | Stuart Little | Movie | screenwriter | 86 |
| 1973 | Charlotte's Web | Movie | screenwriter | 74 |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1899 age 0
Born1973 age 74
1985 age 86
Died1999 age 86
2002 age 86
2003 age 86
Worked with most
Family and influences
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Photos
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Quotes
"It's broccoli, dear." <br> "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."
E. B. White, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commuter — one who spends his life<br>In riding to and from his wife;<br>A man who shaves and takes a train<br>And then rides back to shave again.
E. B. White, CC BY-SA 4.0
I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my finger on a little capsule of truth, and heard it give the faint squeak of mortality under my pressure.
E. B. White, CC BY-SA 4.0
Did it ever occur to you that there's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another?
E. B. White, CC BY-SA 4.0
Advertisers are the interpreters of our dreams — Joseph interpreting for Pharaoh. Like the movies, they infect the routine futility of our days with purposeful adventure. Their weapons are our weaknesses: fear, ambition, illness, pride, selfishness, desire, ignorance. And these weapons must be kept as bright as a sword.
E. B. White, CC BY-SA 4.0
Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.
E. B. White, CC BY-SA 4.0
TV appearances
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- United States
- Cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 1928–
- Notable works
- The Elements of Style, Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, Is Sex Necessary? Or, Why You Feel the Way You Do, Subtreasury of American Humor
- Education
- Cornell University, Mount Vernon High School