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    Joan Harrison

    English film producer and screenwriter

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  1. 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 co-writing the screenplay for the films Foreign ...

    • 14 August 1994 (aged 87), London, England
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    Joan Harrison (1907-1994) Joan Harrison. Producer. Writer. Actress. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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.

    • January 1, 1
    • Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
    • January 1, 1
    • London, England, UK
  3. 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 83.

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  5. 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 ...

  6. Dec 2, 2020 · She answered an ad for a secretary. She became Hitchcock's trusted screenwriter and a major power player in Hollywood. On this day, like every day, Joan Harrison was impeccably attired in a designer suit, with her golden blonde hair stylishly coiffed. At five foot four, she had a trim, petite build.

  7. Oct 15, 2020 · Joan Harrison, Producer at Large. Image: Getty. The British-born Harrison was the first woman to be nominated for two screenwriting Oscars in the same year (1941, for Foreign Correspondent and Rebecca ). But get this: She was one of three female producers at major studios in 1940s Hollywood, and these three women helped shape the style of film ...

  8. 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. In 1941, she was hired as a scriptwriter by MGM. In 1943, she became a producer at Universal. From 1955 to 1962, she ...

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