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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
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  4. 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.

  5. Joan Harrison (1907-1998) was hired in 1933 as an assistant to Alfred Hitchcock, already a prominent figure in the British film industry, and she remained close to the director and his family throughout her life. Late in her life, she became the wife of the great writer of espionage and intrigue Eric Ambler.

  6. Jul 30, 2021 · In 1958, Harrison married the hugely popular thriller novelist and screenwriter Eric Ambler who, among his many accomplishments, penned the 1962 “Act of Faith” episode of Presents. Her association with the programme contributes to her being by far Hitch’s most frequent collaborator; the pair share over 330 onscreen credits between them.

  7. 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...

  8. Aug 24, 1994 · By MYRNA OLIVER. Aug. 24, 1994 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Joan Harrison, a major writer and producer for Alfred Hitchcock and once the only woman feature film producer in Hollywood, has...

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