Laura Kerr
Laura Kerr | |
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| Born | Laura Hornickel October 21, 1902 Dillonvale, Ohio, USA |
| Died | May 5, 1991 (aged 80) Woodland Hills, California, USA |
| Education | Vassar College |
| Occupation(s) | Literary agent, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Allen Rivkin Anthony Veiller (div.) |
Laura Kerr (born Laura Hornickel; October 21, 1902 – May 5, 1991) was an American literary agent and screenwriter. She and her second husband, Allen Rivkin, wrote several screenplays together in the 1940s and 1950s.
Biography
[edit]Born to George Hornickel and Cara Kerr in Dillonvale, Ohio, in 1902, Laura was an only child. She attended Vassar College and entered a career as a literary agent.[1] All the while, she wrote original plays.[2][3]
After her first marriage to writer-producer Anthony Veiller (with whom she had a daughter) came to an end, she began writing screenplays. In 1947, she won both the Photoplay Award and the Look Magazine Award for her work.[4]
She and her second husband, Allen Rivkin, wrote a number of scripts together, as well as a book about the film industry called Hello, Hollywood![1]
She died on May 1, 1991, in Woodland Hills, California, after suffering a stroke.[4]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Battle Circus (1953)
- Grounds for Marriage (1951)
- My Dream Is Yours (1949)
- The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
- Brazil (1944)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "21 Mar 1962, Page 16 - The Courier-Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ^ "17 Oct 1931, 16 - The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ^ "28 Dec 1936, 15 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ^ a b "18 May 1991, Page 194 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
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