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    Beatrice deMille

    American entrepreneur, screenwriter

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  1. Matilda Beatrice deMille (January 30, 1853 – October 8, 1923) (born Matilda Beatrice Samuel; also known as Beatrice C. deMille, Agnes Graham, Tillie Samuel, Mrs. Henry deMille) was an English-American play broker, screenwriter, playwright, theater actress and entrepreneur.

    • Playwright, entrepreneur
    • October 8, 1923 (aged 70), Hollywood, California, US
    • Matilda Beatrice Samuel, January 30, 1853, Liverpool, England, UK
  2. Beatrice deMille. Beatrice deMille was born Matilda Beatrice Samuel in Liverpool, England. She immigrated with her family to New York in 1871. Though her family and friends called her Tillie growing up, when she met Henry deMille, he immediately started calling her Beatrice, after Dante’s Beatrice.

  3. Oct 15, 2019 · Beatrice deMille was born Matilda Beatrice Samuel in Liverpool, England. She immigrated with her family to New York in 1871. Though her family and friends called her Tillie growing up, when she met Henry deMille, he immediately started calling her Beatrice, after Dante’s Beatrice.

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  5. Producer, Screenwriter. Mother of Cecil B. and William DeMille. Former head of the DeMille play agency in New York, she sold the plays of Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. DeMille wrote the scenarios for 12 films.

  6. www.thewaynemuseum.org › post › wayne-s-cinematicWayne's Cinematic Connections

    Aug 27, 2023 · Today, we’re taking the opportunity to shout-out some of Wayne’s connections to early Hollywood. A photograph of Beatrice DeMille. From Bringham Young University. Accessed through the Women Film Pioneers Project. Producer and director Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959) grew up in Wayne Township.

  7. Cecil B. DeMille's mother, Beatrice, a literary agent and scriptwriter, was the daughter of German Jews. She had emigrated from England with her parents in 1871 when she was 18; the newly arrived family settled in Brooklyn, New York, where they maintained a middle-class, English-speaking household.

  8. Beatrice DeMille was born on 30 January 1853 in Liverpool, England, UK. She was a writer and assistant director, known for The Heir to the Hoorah (1916), The Devil-Stone (1917) and Unconquered (1917).

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