Edith Fitzgerald
American screenwriter and playwright
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Edith Fitzgerald (1889–1968) was an American screenwriter and playwright active primarily during the 1930s.
Edith Fitzgerald | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 23, 1889 |
| Died | February 4, 1968 (aged 79) |
| Occupations | Screenwriter, playwright |
Biography
Born and raised in Burnside, Kentucky, Edith Pearl Fitzgerald was one of 12 children born to John Fitzgerald and Dora Roberts.
During the course of her career, she co-wrote several Broadway plays with Robert Riskin, her then-boyfriend, including Her Delicate Condition.[1][2] The two parted ways after they moved to the West Coast, and they never married despite press reports to the contrary.[3]
She was married to Elmer Griffin, a star tennis player, and she became a tennis champion in her own right.[4] She died in 1968 in Charlotte, North Carolina, after a brief illness.[5]
Partial filmography
- Within the Law (1939)
- My American Wife (1936)
- Small Town Girl (1936)
- The Wedding Night (1935)
- The Painted Veil (1934)
- Brief Moment (1933) (adaptation)
- Today We Live (1933)
- Many a Slip (1931)
- Illicit (1931)
- Ex-Lady (1933)
