Erna Lazarus
Erna Lazarus (June 16, 1903[1] – February 19, 2006)[2] was a screen and television writer[2] from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Lazarus, born in Boston, Massachusetts,[1] was one of the founding members of the Screen Writers Guild.[3] On her death, Variety credited her as "one of the first female screenwriters working steadily in the studio system."[4] She also had an influential role in the formation of the Interguild Federal Credit Union.[4]
Lazarus died on February 19, 2006, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 102.[2]
Selected filmography
- Hollywood or Bust (the last film featuring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin) - sole story and screen play[5]
- Flareup (starring Raquel Welch) - associate producer[5]
- Meet Me After the Show (starring Betty Grable) - original story[5]
- Moonlight in Hawaii[6]
- Double Date[6]
- Atlantic Flight[6]
- Let's Go Steady[7]
- The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
- Slightly Scandalous (1946)
Selected radio writing
Selected TV writing
- Racket Squad[2]
- Mr. and Mrs. North [5]
- Petticoat Junction[5]
- Bewitched[5]
- Hawaiian Eye[5]
- Surfside Six[5]
References
- ^ a b Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
- ^ a b c d "Screenwriter Erna Lazarus dead at 102". upi.com. UPI. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ Leff, Lisa (March 28, 1995). "On Oscar Night : Passing the Torch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Erna Lazarus". Variety.com. March 14, 2006. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h International Motion Picture Alamanac. New York: Quigley Publications. 1986. p. 156. ISSN 0074-7084.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ https://www.allmovie.com/work/lets-go-steady-99434
- ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
Mayor of the Town, comedy-drama.
External links
- Erna Lazarus at IMDb
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