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Bess Meredyth

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Birth Date:
12.02.1890
Death date:
13.07.1969
Extra names:
Helen Elizabeth MacGlashen
Categories:
Actor, Screenwriter
Cemetery:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, LA (Glendale), California

Bess Meredyth (February 12, 1890 - July 13, 1969) was a film writer and silent film actress. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and adapted The Unsuspected (1947). She was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her son, John Meredyth Lucas, wrote for television.

Spouse(s)

  • Michael Curtiz
  • Wilfred Lucas
  • Burton Leslie

Children

  • John Meredyth Lucas

Snowy Baker

Early in her career Meredyth travelled to Australia with her director husband Wilfred Lucas. They made three films starring Australian sportsman Snowy Baker, The Man from Kangaroo (1920), The Jackeroo of Coolabong (1920) and The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1921). She was arguably the first professional screenwriter to work in Australia.

Selected filmography

  • A Sailor's Heart (1912)
  • The Forbidden Room (1914)
  • The Trey o' Hearts (1914)
  • The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (1915)
  • Stronger Than Death (1915)
  • The Wedding Guest (1916)
  • Pay Me! (1917)
  • That Devil, Bateese (1918)
  • The Man from Kangaroo (1920)
  • The Jackeroo of Coolabong (1920)
  • The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1921)
  • The Woman He Married (1922)
  • Rose o' the Sea (1922)
  • Thy Name Is Woman (1924)
  • The Red Lily (1924)
  • A Slave of Fashion (1925)
  • Don Juan (1926)
  • The Magic Flame (1927)
  • Yellow Lily (1928)
  • The Scarlet Lady (1928)
  • A Woman of Affairs (1928) - nominated for Academy Award
  • Wonder of Women (1929)- nominated for Academy Award
  • Romance (1930)
  • The Sea Bat (1930)
  • Laughing Sinners (1931)
  • The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
  • The Mighty Barnum (1934)
  • Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
  • The Mark of Zorro (1940)
  • The Unsuspected (1947)

Source: wikipedia.org, mod.uk

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1John Meredyth LucasJohn Meredyth LucasSon01.05.191919.10.2002
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        Wilfred LucasHusband30.01.187113.12.1940
        3Michael CurtizMichael CurtizHusband, Father in-law24.12.188811.04.1962
        4Clarence BrownClarence BrownCoworker10.05.189017.08.1987
        5Matt MooreMatt MooreCoworker08.01.188821.01.1960
        6Constance BennettConstance BennettCoworker22.10.190424.07.1965
        7Myrna LoyMyrna LoyCoworker02.08.190514.12.1993
        8Nigel BruceNigel BruceCoworker04.02.192508.10.1953
        9Montagu LoveMontagu LoveCoworker15.03.187717.05.1943

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