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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 ...
Aug 25, 1994 · Joan Harrison, a producer and screenwriter who helped write the scripts for "Rebecca," "Foreign Correspondent" and other films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, died on Aug. 14 in London. She was...
Aug 24, 1994 · Joan Harrison, a major writer and producer for Alfred Hitchcock and once the only woman feature film producer in Hollywood, has died at the age of 83. Miss Harrison died Aug. 14 in London, her...
In 1939, she accompanied Hitchcock to Hollywood, working as his assistant and as a writer. In 1941, she was hired as a scriptwriter by MGM. In 1943, she became a producer at Universal. From 1955 to 1962, she produced the TV series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). Born June 26, 1907.
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Dec 2, 2020 · The London Times eulogized upon her death that “she placed a recognizable mark on all her work, involving primarily an impish, dark and off-beat sense of humor and a clear understanding of the close relationship between the giggle and the scream.” As a powerful female role model, Joan paved the way for generations of women that followed.
Joan Harrison, one of the first women producers in Hollywood and long-time creative associate of Alfred Hitchcock, died in London on August 14 aged 83. She was born in Guildford in June 20, 1911.
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Harrison married author Eric Ambler in 1958 and in the early 1970s the couple moved back to England to retire. She died in 1994, aged 87. Filmography. With Hitchcock... The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) — cast: Secretary (uncredited) Jamaica Inn (1939) - writer: screen play; Foreign Correspondent (1940) - writer: screenplay; Rebecca (1940 ...
