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Shaw was born '''Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff''' in the [[South Bronx]], New York City, to [[Jewish]] [[immigrant]]s from [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=33748 |title=Transport Group to Present Revival of Shaw's 'Bury the Dead' Starting 10/31 |publisher=Broadwayworld.com |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> His parents were Rose and Will. His younger brother, David Shaw, became a noted Hollywood producer and writer.<ref name="davidshaw">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/news/golden-era-scribe-david-shaw-dies |title=Golden Era Scribe David Shaw Dies |publisher=[[Emmy Award|Emmys]] |date=August 20, 2007 |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref> Shortly after Irwin's birth, the Shamforoffs moved to [[Brooklyn]]. Irwin changed his surname upon entering college. He spent most of his youth in Brooklyn, where he graduated from [[Brooklyn College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1934.
He began screenwriting in 1935 at age 21. In 1939 he married actress and producer Marian Edwards, daughter of silent film actor [[Snitz Edwards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/31/arts/marian-shaw-theatrical-producer-80.html|title=Marian Shaw, Theatrical Producer, 80|date=December 31, 1996|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1967, remarrying two years before Irwin's death in
During [[World War II]], he was approached by [[William Wyler]] to join his film unit. Unable to be commissioned as an officer due to his age and 1-A draft status,<ref>Miller, Gabriel ''William Wyler: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director'' University Press of Kentucky, July 19, 2013</ref> Shaw decided to enter the [[United States Army|Regular Army]]. Later, the Army, noting his background, reassigned him to the [[United States Army Signal Corps|Signal Corps]] with [[George Stevens]]' film unit.<ref>Harris, Mark ''Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War'' Canongate Books, February 20, 2014</ref> He was one of four writers attached to Stevens' command, in which he became a [[Warrant officer (United States)|warrant officer]]. After the war, he returned to his career as a writer.
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