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Joan Harrison

Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born June 26, 1907Died August 14, 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
  • Jamaica Inn

Known For

  • Rebecca
  • Foreign Correspondent
  • Saboteur
  • Suspicion
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • Phantom Lady
  • Jamaica Inn
  • Ride the Pink Horse
  • They Won't Believe Me
  • The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
  • Nocturne
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Joan Harrison Filmography

1980
American Playhouse (TV Series)
1950
Eye Witness · as Screenplay
1947
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 Screenplay

1971
1971
Journey to Murder · as Executive Producer
1970
Most Deadly Game (TV Series)
1969
Journey to the Unknown · as Executive Producer
1968
1968
Journey to Midnight · as Executive Producer
1962
1961
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series)
1959
Ford Startime (TV Series)
1957
Suspicion (TV Series)
1955
1951
1951
1950
1949
1947
1947
1946
1945
1944
Phantom Lady · as Associate Producer

1934
The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Secretary (uncredited)

2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock · as Self (archive Footage)
1963
Telescope (TV Series) · as Self

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Written By
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Original Screenplay
1946
Nocturne · as Unconfirmed

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