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Joan Harrison (20 June 1907 – 14 August 1994) was an English screenwriter and producer. She became the first female screenwriter to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar when the category was introduced in 1940, and was the first screenwriter to receive two Academy Award nominations in the same year in separate categories, for ...
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Dec 2, 2020 · Now considered by many to be the high point of film noir, this landmark picture launched the American career of director Robert Siodmak and made Joan the most powerful female producer in Hollywood—and the first woman to become a full-fledged producer at a major studio.
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- 87 (age at death)
- Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- 26 June, 1907
- 14 August, 1994
Joan Harrison. Writer: Rebecca. In 1933, she was hired to be a secretary by Alfred Hitchcock. She soon graduated to reading books and scripts, writing synopses and contributing to scripts. In 1939, she accompanied Hitchcock to Hollywood, working as his assistant and as a writer.
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Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock. For the second year in a row, MWA has awarded its biographical/critical Edgar to a Hitchcock-related volume, following John Billheimer’s Hitchcock and the Censors, reviewed here in MS #163.
