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   Betty MacDonald (born Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard; March 26, 1907 [1] – February 7, 1958) was an American author who specialized in humorous autobiographical tales, and is best known for her book The Egg and I. She also wrote the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series of children's books.

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     The Egg and I, first published in 1945, is a humorous memoir...

2. www.historylink.org › File › 156MacDonald, Betty (1907-1958) - HistoryLink.org

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   Tweet. The first book written by Betty MacDonald, The Egg and I, rocketed to the top of the national bestseller list in 1945. Translations followed in more than 30 languages, along with a series of popular movies.

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   Who is Betty MacDonald?

   • Betty MacDonald (born Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard; March 26, 1907 – February 7, 1958) was an American author who specialized in humorous autobiographical tales, and is best known for her book The Egg and I. She also wrote the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series of children's books. She is associated with the Pacific Northwest, especially Washington .

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   When was Betty MacDonald born?

   • (At some point in the early 1930s, Betty MacDonald began using 1908 as her birth year. Colorado did not issue birth certificates at the time, but the year 1907 has been confirmed by numerous sources including baptismal records, U.S. Federal Census, Seattle Public Schools records, and Jefferson County School Census.)

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   How did Betty MacDonald die?

   • On February 7, 1958, Betty MacDonald died of cancer in Seattle at age 50. The house where MacDonald wrote her books is located about a quarter of a mile south of Dolphin Point on the east side of Vashon Island. Today, visitors stop beside the road above to look down at the huge barn that the MacDonalds built.

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   Did Claudette Colbert play Betty in the egg and I?

   • In 1947, The Egg and I was released as a film starring Claudette Colbert as Betty and Fred MacMurray as her husband. Like the book, the film was a huge success. The spin-off characters Ma and Pa Kettle so captured the public imagination that they were featured in nine spin-off movies of their own.

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4. www.literaryladiesguide.com › betty-macdonaldBetty MacDonald, Author of The Egg and I | LiteraryLadiesGuide

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   Aug 20, 2022 · Betty MacDonald (March 26, 1907 – February 7, 1958) was an American author of humorous memoirs and children’s books, born Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard in Boulder, Colorado. Her father was a mining engineer who moved the family around frequently before finally settling in Seattle, Washington in 1916.

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5. www.annewellman.com › betty-macdonald-biographyAnne Wellman, author — Biography of Betty Macdonald

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   Anne Wellman's biography of American author Betty MacDonald, whose The Egg and I and other comic novels and children's stories were hugely popular in many countries. Betty's novels were semi-autobiographical, but how true were they? This biography tells the true story of MacDonald's life.

6. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1) - Goodreads

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   A memoir, book # 1, by Betty MacDonald, 1907 to 1958. (First published 1945, about 288 pages and semi-autobiographical) OVERVIEW: Betty McDonald's first book about her adventures as a young wife on a chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State...