Gerry Day

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Gerry Day
Born
Gerald Lallande Day

(1922-01-27)January 27, 1922
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedFebruary 13, 2013(2013-02-13) (aged 91)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeSan Fernando Mission Cemetery
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1954–1994
Awards

Gerry Day (January 27, 1922 – February 13, 2013) was an American screenwriter. She was also a newspaper reporter for the Hollywood Citizen News in the mid-1940s.[1]

Early life

Gerald Lallande Day was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Ruthy and Lenox Day.[1][2][3] She was given her name not because her parents had wanted a boy but due to their Southern family name traditions.

Her father was the organist for the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. She watched Howard Hughes film the miniature dogfights for the 1930 film Hell's Angels in a lot behind her childhood home. Lana Turner was her escort and gave her a campus tour when Day first enrolled at Hollywood High School. Orson Welles once hypnotized her in his magic act at the Hollywood Canteen.[1]

Career

Day later attended and graduated from

Fireside Theater, and she would later work for Screen Gems producer Irving Starr and Ford Theatre.[1]

In the 1950s, Day would take a break and tour around Europe, while her mother at home would write her saying that she would love watching the new television shows featuring horses —

Have Gun Will Travel and Wagon Train. In 1959, Day, who loved horses, met with Wagon Train producer Howard Christie, who let her write her own scripts, as well as doctor others, for the series. Day would also be an unofficial bookie for the series' crew, betting on horse races for them, and eventually becoming part owner of a racehorse.[1]

She would become well-versed in the

Day co-wrote scripts with

Awards and honors

In 1967, Day was nominated for a

The Black Hole
.

Personal life and death

A devout

Catholic, Day became a Eucharist minister in her church. She also raised foster children and supported equestrian causes. She died on February 13, 2013, after a long battle with cancer.[1][2][3]

She was interred on February 19 at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bowie, Stephen (27 February 2013). "Obituary: Gerry Day (1922-2013)". classictvhistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Obituary: Gerry Lallande Day". callanancares.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "RIP Gerry Day". westernboothill.blogspot.com. March 1, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

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