Frances Marion

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American screenwriter author film director human journalist memoirist pioneer of silent film era screenwriter

Frances Marion was a pioneering American screenwriter of the silent and early sound film era, renowned as one of Hollywood’s most successful and influential female writers.

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Frances Marion canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American screenwriter ⓘ
author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
pioneer of silent film era ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Story

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
collaboratedWith Greta Garbo ⓘ
Mary Pickford ⓘ
Norma Shearer ⓘ
Wallace Beery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-11-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-05-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Mark Hopkins Institute of Art ⓘ
employer Famous Players–Lasky Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Famous Players–Lasky

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
fieldOfWork cinema ⓘ
film production ⓘ
screenwriting ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
screenplay ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement early sound film era ⓘ
silent film era ⓘ
notableAchievement first woman to win an Academy Award for screenwriting ⓘ
one of the most highly paid screenwriters of the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ
notableWork Anna Christie (1930 film adaptation screenplay) ⓘ
Min and Bill ⓘ
Off With Their Heads! (memoir) ⓘ
Pollyanna (1920 film) ⓘ
surface form: Pollyanna (screenplay)

The Son of the Sheik ⓘ
surface form: Son of the Sheik

Stella Dallas ⓘ
The Big House ⓘ
The Champ ⓘ
The Patsy ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter ⓘ
The Wind ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
war correspondent ⓘ
participatedIn World War I ⓘ
surface form: World War I (as war correspondent)
placeOfBirth San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Fred Thomson ⓘ
George W. Hill ⓘ
Robert Pike ⓘ
Wesley de Lappe ⓘ
wroteFor Mary Pickford ⓘ

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Stella Maris (1918 film) → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
Pollyanna (1920 film) → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
The Toll of the Sea → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
Poor Little Rich Girl → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
The Champ → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
Dinner at Eight → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
The Big House → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
Camille (1936) → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
Camille → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ
subject surface form: Camille (1936 film)
The Love Light → screenwriter → Frances Marion ⓘ