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

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
West of Broadway · as Screenplay
1931
1931
1930
Romance · as Screenplay
1930
1930
1929
1928
A Woman of Affairs · as Screenplay
1927
1926
Don Juan · as Screenplay
1926
1925
1922

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