biography
pronunciation:
[loos]
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| female
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| lived:
| (?1893–1981)
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| biography:
| Writer and playwright, born in Sisson (now Mt Shasta), California, USA. Her father was involved in theatrical companies, and, as the family moved around, she was a child actress in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. She wrote scenarios and dialogue cards for silent films, married John Emerson (1919), and moved to New York City. She continued to write many films and plays, often with the assistance of her husband. They moved to Europe in the 1920s, and after the stock market crash of 1929 returned to Hollywood. There and in New York City she wrote screenplays for talking pictures. She is best known for her satirical story collection, ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady (1925). The escapades of the protagonist, Lorelei Lee, were adapted as a play, two musicals and films. |
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