Ira Levin grandchildren. Ira Levin died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan, on November 12, 2007. Ira Levin Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His most noted works include the novels "A Kiss Before Dying" (1953), "Rosemary's Baby" (1967), "The Stepford Wives" (1972), and "The Boys from Brazil" (1976), as well as the play "Deathtrap" (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted to film. Ira Levin was born on August 27, 1929, in the New York City, New York borough of Manhattan. He grew up
Somebody else's wife and a husband under the bed film in 1984, directed by Vitaly Melnikov. Somebody else's wife and a husband under the bed "Somebody else's wife and a husband under the bed" (, "Chuzhaya zhena i muzh pod krovatyu") is an 1848 short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The story originated from two separate pieces: "Somebody else's wife and a husband under the bed" (published in 1848 in the journal "Notes of the Fatherland"). In preparing the 1859 two-volume collected works, the writer combined both in one story - "Another Man's Wife and the husband under the bed." The first part only slightly changed certain lines, while the