Nan Blair
American screenwriter
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Nan Blair (September 28, 1891 – August 15, 1944), born Clyte Cosper, was an American screenwriter and literary agent active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.
September 28, 1891
- Joseph Elizalde
- Sheldon Ballinger
- Benjamin Dailey
Nan Blair | |
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Nan Blair, from a 1919 publication | |
| Born | Clyte May Cosper September 28, 1891 Dallas, Oregon, USA |
| Died | August 15, 1944 (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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Personal life
Blair was born in Dallas, Oregon, to Otis Cosper and Nettie Niece. Her first husband Joseph Elizalde[1] died in Santa Barbara in 1917, around the time she began writing screenplays in Hollywood.[2] She later married Sheldon Ballinger; their marriage that ended in divorce. Benjamin Dailey was her third husband; they were married until her death in Los Angeles in 1944.[3]
Career
By 1918, Blair headed up the script-reading department at Triangle Pictures, where she worked on shorts like A Dream of Egypt and A Prince for a Day.[4] She later headed Palmer Photoplays' manuscript sales department and was affiliated with Zeppo Marx Inc.[5] Her last known credit was on This Is the Life in 1935.
Selected filmography
- A Dream of Egypt (1917) (short)
- A Prince for a Day (1917) (short)
- Little Mariana's Triumph (1917) (short)
- Trail of No Return (1918) (short)
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919)[6]
- The Hawk's Trail (1919)
- The Fatal Wallop (1920)
- Beach of Dreams (1921)
- The Love Trap (1923)
- This Is the Life (1935)
