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Joan Harrison

Writer, Producer, Actor

26 June 1907 — 14 August 1994 (87 years)
Joan Harrison (20 June 1907 – 14 August 1994) was an English screenwriter and producer. She became the first female screenwriter to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar when the category was introduced in 1940, and was the first screenwriter to receive two Academy Award nominations in the same year in separate categories, for co-writing the screenplay for the films Foreign Correspondent (1940) (original) and Rebecca (1940) (adapted), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with whom she had a long professional relationship.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
    The Man Who Knew Too Much1934
  • Jamaica Inn
    Jamaica Inn1939

Known For

  • Rebecca
    Rebecca1940
  • Suspicion
    Suspicion1941
  • Foreign Correspondent
    Foreign Correspondent1940
  • Saboteur
    Saboteur1942
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents7 seasons
  • Phantom Lady
    Phantom Lady1944
  • Jamaica Inn
    Jamaica Inn1939
  • Ride the Pink Horse
    Ride the Pink Horse1947
  • They Won't Believe Me
    They Won't Believe Me1947
  • The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
    The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry1945
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour3 seasons

Filmography

1980
American Playhouse
1950
Eye Witness · as Screenplay
1947
Ride the Pink Horse
1944
Dark Waters · as Screenplay
1942
Saboteur · as Screenplay
1941
Suspicion · as Screenplay
1940
Foreign Correspondent · as Screenplay
1940
Rebecca · as Screenplay
1939
Jamaica Inn · as ScreenplayOn Plex