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    Frances Marion

    American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter

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  1. Writer. Director. Actress. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. The most renowned female screenwriter of the 20th century, and one of the most respected scripters of any gender, Frances Marion was born in San Francisco. She modeled and acted and had some success as a commercial artist.

  2. Frances Marion | National Women's History Museum. 1888-1973. By Mariana Brandman, NWHM Predoctoral Fellow in Women’s History | 2020-2022. The winner of two Academy Awards, Frances Marion is credited with writing more than 130 produced films during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras.

  3. May 9, 2024 · Frances Marion was an American motion picture screenwriter whose 25-year career spanned the silent and sound eras. As a young adult, Marion had twice married and divorced and had tried her hand as a journalist, model, and illustrator before going to Hollywood in 1913. She worked with director Lois.

  4. Height. 5′ 3″ (1.60 m) Mini Bio. The most renowned female screenwriter of the 20th century, and one of the most respected scripters of any gender, Frances Marion was born in San Francisco. She modeled and acted and had some success as a commercial artist. She entered into journalism and served in Europe as a combat correspondent during World War I.

  5. May 18, 2020 · May 18, 2020. I t’s hard to imagine Hollywood without Frances Marion. The story of the screenwriter’s career is entwined with the story of Hollywood itself, from its pioneer days to the Golden Age.

  6. Frances Marion is credited with directing two motion pictures— The Love Light (1921) and Just Around the Corner (1921). During World War I, she had filmed women’s contributions at the front for the US government and, on this assignment, became the first woman to cross the Rhine after the Armistice (Beauchamp 1997, 98).

  7. Mar 12, 2023 · From 1915 to 1946 spanning the silent and sound eras, Marion wrote more than 300 screenplays, she was among the highest paid screenwriters in the world male or female, and directed two films. For...

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