Frances Goodrich
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Frances Goodrich | |
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New York School of Social Work | |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
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Relatives | Henry Demarest Lloyd (uncle) |
Frances Goodrich (December 21, 1890 – January 29, 1984) was an American actress, dramatist, and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett.[1] She received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with her husband in 1956 for The Diary of Anne Frank which had premiered the previous year.[2]
Early life
Goodrich was born in Belleville, New Jersey, the second daughter of five children,
Career
Soon after she left the New York School of Social Work, Goodrich began the acting portion of her career at the Players Club in New York City. From there she went to Northampton, Massachusetts, where she acted in stock theater.[5] Her acting credits on Broadway included Perkins (1918), Daddy Long Legs (1918), Fashions for Men (1922), Queen Victoria (1923), A Good Bad Woman (1925), Skin Deep (1927), and Excess Baggage (1927).[6]
For the summer of 1928, Goodrich joined the summer stock cast at Denver's Elitch Theatre.[7] Goodrich showed Hackett a script she had written, entitled Such A Lady, and they rewrote it together. This was the beginning of their collaboration.[4]
Not long after marrying Hackett, the couple settled in Hollywood in the late 1920s to write the screenplay for their stage success Up Pops the Devil for
The couple received Academy Award for Screenplay nominations for The Thin Man, After the Thin Man (1936), Father of the Bride (1950) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1955). They won Writers Guild of America awards for Easter Parade (1949), Father's Little Dividend (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), as well as nominations for In the Good Old Summertime (1949), Father of the Bride (1950) and The Long, Long Trailer (1954). They also won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for their play The Diary of Anne Frank. Some of their other films include: Another Thin Man (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
Personal life
Goodrich married actor Robert Ames in 1917 (divorced 1923), writer Hendrik Willem van Loon in 1927 (divorced 1930), and writer Albert Hackett in 1931.[citation needed]
Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich met at Elitch Theatre in 1928 when they were both in the summer stock cast.[7][4] Goodrich and Hackett remained married until her death.[8] Goodrich was Jewish.[9]
Muckraking writer Henry Demarest Lloyd was Goodrich's uncle.[5]
Death
Goodrich died from lung cancer on January 29, 1984, at the age of 93 in New York City.[citation needed]
References
- ISBN 9780520056893.
- ^ McCreadie, Marsha (2002-01-07). "The Real Nick and Nora: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Writers of Stage and Screen Classics". Variety. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- ^ Myers, Victoria (2016-03-14). "7 Women of Theatre History You Should Know". The Interval. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-598-30182-7, retrieved 2023-04-07
- ^ ISBN 978-0-674-01488-6. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Frances Goodrich". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
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- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- ^ Erens, Patricia. "Film Industry in the United States". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
External links
- Frances Goodrich at IMDb
- Frances Goodrich at the Internet Broadway Database