Herbert Biberman

American screenwriter and film director (1900–1971)

Person human Q254468

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: March 4, 1900
Date of death: June 30, 1971
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: screenwriter, film director, director
Spouse: Gale Sondergaard^[8]
Cause of death: bone cancer^[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[19]
Family name: Biberman^[13]
Given name: Herbert^[14]
Has works in the collection: Museum of Modern Art^[18]
Manner of death: natural causes^[15]
Member of: Hollywood Ten^[10]
Number of children: +2^[17]
P14750: 1C1A-70ED-0274-C58F-ADE1^[20]

🏷️ Also known as

en Herbert Biberman en Herbert J. Biberman el Χέρμπερτ Μπίμπερμαν fa هربرت بیبرمن he הרברט ג'יי ביברמן it Herbert J. Biberman ja ハーバート・ビーバーマン ko 허버트 비버먼 nl Herbert J. Biberman ru Герберт Биберман zh 哈伯特·比柏曼

🔖 Identifiers · 55

ISNI: 0000000117745533
VIAF cluster ID: 91258574
Library of Congress authority ID: n87101075
GND ID: 118510630
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Herbert Biberman en 1947.jpg ↗
AdoroCinema person ID: 1743
AllMovie person ID: p81808
Allcinema person ID: 13628
AlloCiné person ID: 1743
BIBSYS ID: 3113943
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14612073n
CANTIC ID: 981058594860606706

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CONOR.BG ID: 51187301
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 39661
DDB person (GND) ID: 118510630
Danish National Filmography person ID: 6702
De Agostini ID: Biberman,+Herbert+J.
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118510630
Elonet person ID: 197252
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Herbert-J-Biberman
FAST ID: 201049
Fandango person ID: 63613
Film.ru person ID: herbert-j-biberman
Find a Grave memorial ID: 6817557
Freebase ID: /m/05l9g4
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000001819167901
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: herbert-biberman
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0009902
IMDb ID: nm0080868
IdRef ID: 135214149
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 14189, 46341
Internet Off-Broadway Database ID (former scheme): 26987
Kinobox person ID: 838720
Kinopoisk person ID: 211792
Libris-URI: tr58dtzc1fms5m1
MovieMeter person ID: 90370
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: 32186
NE.se ID: herbert-biberman
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007379575305171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX4758268
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 245991808
PORT person ID: 166629
Prabook ID: 1079040
Related category: Category:Films directed by Herbert Biberman
SELIBR ID: 310151
SNAC ARK ID: w65t3hg8
Swedish Film Database person ID: 141694
TCM Movie Database person ID: 15860
TMDB person ID: 90370
Tabakalera ID: 120516
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058594860606706
WikiTree person ID: Biberman-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJxRDBvVC3tyxWHd8yXfMP
Yale LUX ID: person/dd5770a4-7200-455d-b54a-3f86d751cf9a
ČSFD person ID: 9846

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Films directed 3

Salt of the Earth, Meet Nero Wolfe, Slaves

Films written 2

When Tomorrow Comes, Slaves

Occupation 2

film director, screenwriter

Belongs to 1

Hollywood Ten

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

Herbert

Has works in the collection 1

Museum of Modern Art

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of 1

Hollywood Ten

Place of birth 1

Philadelphia

Place of death 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

Spouse 1

Gale Sondergaard

Spouses 1

Gale Sondergaard

← Creator 1

Salt of the Earth

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Summary

Herbert Biberman was born on March 4, 1900^[1], in Philadelphia^[2]. He died on June 30, 1971^[3], in New York City^[4]. He worked as a screenwriter^[5], film director^[6], and director^[7].

FAQs

Where was Herbert Biberman born?

Herbert Biberman's place of birth was Philadelphia^[2].

Where did Herbert Biberman die?

Herbert Biberman died in New York City^[4].

Who was Herbert Biberman married to?

Herbert Biberman's spouses include Gale Sondergaard^[8].

What did Herbert Biberman do for work?

Herbert Biberman worked as a screenwriter^[5], film director^[6], and director^[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Herbert Biberman — place of birth (P19): Philadelphia. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Herbert Biberman — place of death (P20): New York City. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Herbert Biberman — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Herbert Biberman — spouse (P26): Gale Sondergaard. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Herbert Biberman — country of citizenship (P27): United States. Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved 2019-12-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Herbert Biberman — occupation (P106): screenwriter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-06-26. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Herbert Biberman — occupation (P106): film director. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Herbert Biberman — occupation (P106): director. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Herbert Biberman — member of (P463): Hollywood Ten. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Herbert Biberman — cause of death (P509): bone cancer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Herbert Biberman — date of birth (P569): March 4, 1900. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Herbert Biberman — date of death (P570): June 30, 1971. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2019-08-29. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Herbert Biberman — family name (P734): Biberman. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Herbert Biberman — given name (P735): Herbert. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Herbert Biberman — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Herbert Biberman — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Herbert Biberman — number of children (P1971): 2. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Herbert Biberman — has works in the collection (P6379): Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-12-04. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Herbert Biberman — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Herbert Biberman — P14750 (P14750): 1C1A-70ED-0274-C58F-ADE1. wikidata.org.

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12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Place of birth → Philadelphia

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Cause of death → bone cancer

Family name → Biberman

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