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Bess Meredyth

Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 12, 1890Died July 13, 1969 (79 years)
Bess Meredyth was a screenwriter and silent film actress. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and adapted The Unsuspected (1947). She was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Known For

  • The Unsuspected
  • The Mark of Zorro
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  • The Mysterious Lady
  • Drums Along the Mohawk
  • Romance
  • Don Juan
  • Charlie Chan at the Opera
  • Red-Headed Woman
  • A Woman of Affairs
  • The Red Lily
  • The Affairs of Cellini
  • Laughing Sinners
  • That Night in Rio
  • Strange Interlude
  • Polly of the Circus
  • West of Broadway
  • Metropolitan
  • The Sea Beast

Bess Meredyth Filmography

1941
That Night in Rio · as Screenplay
1939
Susannah of the Mounties · as Contributing Writer
1937
1935
Metropolitan · as Screenplay
1935
Folies Bergère de Paris · as Screenplay
1934
The Mighty Barnum · as Screenplay
1934
1934
The Affairs of Cellini · as Screenplay
1933
1932
1932
1932
1931
The Cuban Love Song · as Screenplay
1931
1931
1930
Romance · as Screenplay
1930
1929
Wonder of Women · as Screenplay
1927
1926
Don Juan · as Screenplay
1926
1925
1922
1910

1913
Bred in the Bone · as The Colonel's Daughter
1913
A House Divided · as Betty Culver
1913
Gold Is Not All · as The Slavey

1974
The Mark of Zorro · as Adaptation
1947
The Unsuspected · as Adaptation
1940
The Mark of Zorro · as Adaptation
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk · as Contributor
1936
Charlie Chan at the Opera · as From A Story By
1936
Under Two Flags · as Contributor To Screenplay Construction
1931
West of Broadway · as Story
1930
Our Blushing Brides · as Dialogue
1930
In Gay Madrid · as Dialogue
1930
Chasing Rainbows · as Story
1928
A Woman of Affairs · as Continuity
1928
The Mysterious Lady · as Adaptation
1927
When a Man Loves · as Adaptation
1926
The Third Degree · as Scenario
1925
1924
The Red Lily · as Scenario Writer
1918
The Romance of Tarzan · as Scenario Writer

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