Mary McCarthy (screenwriter)
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Born
San Francisco, California, US
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, activist
Yearsactive1935–1957
Political partyDemocratic
Mary McCarthy | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Francisco, California, US |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, activist |
| Years active | 1935–1957 |
| Political party | Democratic |
Mary McCarthy (not to be confused with another screenwriter—Mary Eunice McCarthy) was an American screenwriter active in the 1930s and 1940s.[1]
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, to Irish parents (just like the similarly named screenwriter), McCarthy pursued a career as a schoolteacher in San Mateo, California, before giving it all up to run a nonprofit sandwich stand. She then became a political activist, stumping the state for the Democratic Party and going toe-to-toe with the Ku Klux Klan.[1] Eventually she headed to Hollywood to pursue a career as a scenarist in the mid-1930s; her first big credit was on Theodora Goes Wild, a 1936 comedy starring Irene Dunne.[1]
