Inez Asher
Inez Asher | |
---|---|
![]() Dick Powell, Inez Asher | |
Born | Inez Harriett Silverberg Jan. 1, 1911 |
Died | May 8, 2006 (aged 95) |
Nationality | United States |
Other names | Inez Hirsch |
Occupation(s) | television writer, novelist |
Spouse(s) | Alvin Asher (m 1933-1967, his death) James M. Hirsch (m 1982- ) |
Children | Enid Asher Lang (1944-2016) |
Inez Asher (née Inez Harriett Silverberg; January 1, 1911 in Des Moines, Iowa – May 8, 2006 in Yonkers, New York) was a novelist and television writer.
Early years
Inez Asher was the only child of Minor Silverberg, a Des Moines real estate agent, and Edna Harris Silverberg. When Inez was six years old, General Frederick Funston was holding her in his arms as he collapsed and died from a heart attack in the lobby of The St. Anthony Hotel[1] in San Antonio, Texas.[2][3] Inez was a member of the class of 1928, Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines), attended Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls and UCLA; she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.[4][5]
Radio and television writer
Asher co-wrote the episode "Robert E. Lee" for the Famous Children of History radio program.[6] With Emilie Roberts, Asher composed a short lecture, "Irene Talking." [7] Asher wrote "The Last Orchid," the first episode of the Philco Players television program (1948).[8] Asher wrote for Lassie (1954 TV series)[9] and wrote the Welcome to Washington/Claudette Colbert Show of the Colgate Theatre.[10][11]
Political
Like many Hollywood writers of the 1930s, Asher was singled out for her left wing views. In 1934 she was listed in Elizabeth Dilling's self-published The red network; a "who's who" and handbook of radicalism for patriots. [12]
Novelist and poet
Asher published one novel, Family Sins (Pinnacle Books, New York 1983), the story of an American widow who travels to the Orient in pursuit of a Korean orphan and ends up in the arms of a handsome but married Japanese doctor. Asher was co-author (with illustrator Alice Rovinsky) of two illustrated books of verse: Look at Me! A See Yourself Book for Boys and Look at Me! A See Yourself Book for Girls (Garden City Books, Garden City, New York 1951).[13] Parents would paste a child's photo in the designated spot inside the back cover and as the child turned the pages he would see his face, through a hole cut in each page, in all the people he wanted to be: pilot, railroad conductor, etc. "Look at me, and you will see, all the things I'd like to be. If I were a fireman brave, Folks in danger I would save!" or "To be a cowboy, Bronco Bill, That would give me such a thrill!" Publishers Weekly called the books "A delightful novelty."[14]
Personal
Asher was married to Alvin Asher, an attorney for MGM,[15][16] and to James Marvin Hirsch.[17][18]
Later years
Asher worked as a coordinator in the International Student Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.[19][20] She died in Yonkers, New York, and is interred in the Home of Peace Cemetery (East Los Angeles).[21]
References
- ^ The Virtual Museum of the city of San Francisco
- ^ Friday, March 2, 1917, Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, North Carolina) Page: 7
- ^ Tuesday, February 20, 1917 Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) Page: 1
- ^ 1940 U.S. Federal Census
- ^ Engagement of Inez Silverberg Told to Friends. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Jan 8, 1933; pg. B2
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. Pt I V 9 p 5351 Library of Congress Copyright Office 1937
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series. Library of Congress. Copyright Office 1937
- ^ KTSL Grabs three sponsors. Variety. Wednesday August 25, 1948 p 30
- ^ Inez Asher on the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Variety. Wednesday, November 8, 1958 p 35
- ^ Inez Asher on Turner Classic Movies
- ^ Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling. The red network; a "who's who" and handbook of radicalism for patriots. 1934 p 146
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1951. Library of Congress. Copyright Office
- ^ The Publishers Weekly - Volume 160, Issues 1-13 - Page 275, 1951
- ^ Alvin M. Asher, 64; Attorney for Studios. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Oct 2, 1967; pg. 19
- ^ Alvin Asher on findagrave.com
- ^ Who's Who of American Women. First edition, 1958-1959. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1958. Addenda (WhoAmW 1A); Who's Who of American Women. Second edition, 1961-1962. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1961. (WhoAmW 2); Who's Who of American Women. Third edition, 1964-1965. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1963. (WhoAmW 3)
- ^ James Marvin Hirsch on findagrave.com
- ^ Mark de la Vina. Orange County Register. October 28, 1988
- ^ Stefan Congrat-Butlar. Translation & translators: an international directory and guide. R. R. Bowker Co., 1979 p 94
- ^ Inez Asher on findagrave.com
- American television writers
- American women novelists
- Writers from Los Angeles
- American children's writers
- Writers from Des Moines, Iowa
- 1911 births
- 2006 deaths
- American women children's writers
- American women dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century American women writers
- Novelists from Iowa