Frances Marion

Writing · Born November 18, 1888 · San Francisco, California, USA

Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. She was the first writer to win two Academy Awards.

Movies with Frances Marion

The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016) — Self (archive footage)
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000) — Self (archive footage)
A Girl of Yesterday (1915) — Rosanna Danford

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