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Frances Marion

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

18/11/1888

Day of Death

12/05/1973
(85) years old

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Frances Marion

Biography

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. Born Marion Benson Owens in San F... Read More

Known For

The Women Who Run Hollywood

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

A Girl of Yesterday

Filmography

Cast

2016

The Women Who Run Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and t...

as Self (archive footage)

1915

A Girl of Yesterday

as Rosanna Danford

Crew

1989

Dinner at Eight

as Writer

1979

The Champ

as Story

1979

The Champ

as Original Story

1948

The Pirate

as Additional Writing

1945

Molly and Me

as Novel

1940

Green Hell

as Original Story

1940

Green Hell

as Screenplay

1937

Knight Without Armour

as Adaptation

1937

Knight Without Armour

as Writer

1937

Love from a Stranger

as Screenplay

1937

Love from a Stranger

as Adaptation

1936

Camille

as Screenplay

1936

Riffraff

as Screenplay

1936

Riffraff

as Story

1933

Dinner at Eight

as Screenplay

1933

The Prizefighter and the Lady

as Story

1933

Hold Your Man

as Writer

1933

Secrets

as Adaptation

1933

Secrets

as Screenplay

1932

Cynara

as Adaptation

1932

Cynara

as Screenplay

1932

Blondie of the Follies

as Screenplay

1932

Blondie of the Follies

as Story

1932

Emma

as Story

1931

The Champ

as Writer

1931

The Champ

as Story

1931

The Big House

as Writer

1931

The Secret Six

as Writer

1930

Anna Christie

as Adaptation

1930

Min and Bill

as Writer

1930

The Big House

as Writer

1930

Good News

as Scenario Writer

1930

Good News

as Screenplay

1930

Let Us Be Gay

as Writer

1930

Let Us Be Gay

as Dialogue

1930

The Big House

as Story

1930

The Big House

as Dialogue

1930

The Big House

as Writer

1930

Anna Christie

as Screenplay

1930

The Rogue Song

as Writer

1929

Their Own Desire

as Screenplay

1928

The Masks of the Devil

as Writer

1928

The Awakening

as Story

1928

The Wind

as Screenplay

1928

The Cossacks

as Adaptation

1928

The Sunset Legion

as Story

1928

The Sunset Legion

as Scenario Writer

1928

Bringing Up Father

as Writer

1927

Love

as Writer

1927

Jesse James

as Screenplay

1927

Jesse James

as Story

1927

Madame Pompadour

as Writer

1927

The Callahans and the Murphys

as Writer

1927

Mr. Wu

as Writer

1927

The Red Mill

as Adaptation

1927

The Red Mill

as Scenario Writer

1927

Don Mike

as Story

1927

The Scarlet Letter

as Adaptation

1927

The Scarlet Letter

as Screenplay

1926

The Winning of Barbara Worth

as Writer

1926

The Son of the Sheik

as Adaptation

1926

The Son of the Sheik

as Screenplay

1926

The Two-Gun Man

as Co-Writer

1926

Hands Across the Border

as Story

1926

Paris at Midnight

as Writer

1926

Partners Again

as Adaptation

1926

Partners Again

as Screenplay

1926

The Tough Guy

as Story

1926

The First Year

as Writer

1925

Stella Dallas

as Adaptation

1925

Stella Dallas

as Screenplay

1925

Lazybones

as Scenario Writer

1925

Lazybones

as Screenplay

1925

Thank You

as Screenplay

1925

The Dark Angel

as Writer

1925

Graustark

as Adaptation

1925

Graustark

as Screenplay

1925

Lightnin'

as Adaptation

1925

Lightnin'

as Screenplay

1925

Ridin' the Wind

as Writer

1925

A Thief in Paradise

as Adaptation

1925

A Thief in Paradise

as Screenplay

1925

Zander the Great

as Adaptation

1925

Zander the Great

as Screenplay

1925

His Supreme Moment

as Adaptation

1925

His Supreme Moment

as Screenplay

1925

The Lady

as Writer

1924

Sundown

as Writer

1924

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

as Writer

1924

Tarnish

as Screenplay

1924

Cytherea

as Adaptation

1924

Cytherea

as Screenplay

1924

Secrets

as Adaptation

1924

Secrets

as Screenplay

1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

as Screenplay

1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

as Story

1924

The Mask of Lopez

as Writer

1924

Through the Dark

as Writer

1923

The Song of Love

as Director

1923

The Song of Love

as Adaptation

1923

The Song of Love

as Screenplay

1923

Potash and Perlmutter

as Writer

1923

The French Doll

as Writer

1923

The French Doll

as Scenario Writer

1923

Dulcy

as Writer

1923

The Love Piker

as Scenario Writer

1923

The Eagle's Talons

as Writer

1923

Within the Law

as Adaptation

1923

Within the Law

as Screenplay

1923

The Nth Commandment

as Writer

1923

The Nth Commandment

as Producer

1923

The Famous Mrs. Fair

as Screenplay

1923

The Voice from the Minaret

as Adaptation

1923

The Voice from the Minaret

as Screenplay

1923

The Toll of the Sea

as Story

1923

The Toll of the Sea

as Writer

1922

East Is West

as Writer

1922

The Eternal Flame

as Writer

1922

Sherlock Brown

as Writer

1922

Sonny

as Adaptation

1922

Sonny

as Screenplay

1922

The Primitive Lover

as Writer

1922

Back Pay

as Writer

1921

Just Around the Corner

as Director

1921

Just Around the Corner

as Writer

1921

Straight Is the Way

as Writer

1921

The Love Light

as Director

1921

The Love Light

as Writer

1920

The Restless Sex

as Writer

1920

The World and His Wife

as Screenplay

1920

Go and Get It

as Scenario Writer

1920

Humoresque

as Writer

1920

The Flapper

as Screenplay

1920

The Flapper

as Story

1920

Pollyanna

as Adaptation

1920

Pollyanna

as Screenplay

1919

The Cinema Murder

as Scenario Writer

1919

The Cinema Murder

as Screenplay

1919

Anne of Green Gables

as Writer

1919

A Regular Girl

as Writer

1919

The Misleading Widow

as Writer

1919

The Dark Star

as Writer

1919

Captain Kidd, Jr.

as Writer

1918

The Temple Of Dusk

as Writer

1918

The Goat

as Screenplay

1918

The Goat

as Story

1918

Johanna Enlists

as Writer

1918

He Comes Up Smiling

as Writer

1918

The City of Dim Faces

as Screenplay

1918

How Could You, Jean?

as Screenplay

1918

M'Liss

as Writer

1918

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

as Writer

1918

Stella Maris

as Writer

1917

A Little Princess

as Writer

1917

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as Writer

1917

The Amazons

as Writer

1917

Beloved Adventuress

as Screenplay

1917

Beloved Adventuress

as Story

1917

The Divorce Game

as Writer

1917

The Stolen Paradise

as Writer

1917

The Crimson Dove

as Writer

1917

Darkest Russia

as Writer

1917

Forget-Me-Not

as Writer

1917

The Social Leper

as Writer

1917

The Poor Little Rich Girl

as Scenario Writer

1917

The Poor Little Rich Girl

as Writer

1917

The Web of Desire

as Writer

1917

A Girl's Folly

as Writer

1917

A Square Deal

as Writer

1917

A Hungry Heart

as Writer

1917

Tillie Wakes Up

as Writer

1917

On Dangerous Ground

as Writer

1917

A Woman Alone

as Writer

1916

The Rise of Susan

as Writer

1916

All Man

as Writer

1916

The Heart of a Hero

as Writer

1916

The Hidden Scar

as Writer

1916

The Gilded Cage

as Writer

1916

The Revolt

as Writer

1916

The Summer Girl

as Writer

1916

A Woman's Way

as Writer

1916

The Crucial Test

as Writer

1916

The Battle of Hearts

as Writer

1916

The Feast of Life

as Screenplay

1916

The Yellow Passport

as Scenario Writer

1916

A Circus Romance

as Story

1916

The Foundling

as Writer

1915

Camille

as Screenplay

1915

A Daughter of the Sea

as Story

1915

Esmeralda

as Writer

1915

Rags

as Writer

1915

A Sister's Burden

as Writer

1915

Fanchon, the Cricket

as Writer

1912

The New York Hat

as Writer