Erna Lazarus
Erna Lazarus (June 16, 1903[1] – February 19, 2006)[2] was a screen and television writer[2] from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Lazarus, born in Boston, Massachusetts,[1] was one of the founding members of the Screen Writers Guild.[3] On her death, Variety credited her as "one of the first female screenwriters working steadily in the studio system."[4] She also had an influential role in the formation of the Interguild Federal Credit Union.[4]
Lazarus died on February 19, 2006, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 102.[2]
Selected filmography
- Hollywood or Bust (the last film featuring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin) - sole story and screen play[5]
- Flareup (starring Raquel Welch) - associate producer[5]
- Meet Me After the Show (starring Betty Grable) - original story[5]
- Moonlight in Hawaii[6]
- Double Date[6]
- Atlantic Flight[6]
- Let's Go Steady[7]
Selected radio writing
Selected TV writing
- Racket Squad[2]
- Mr. and Mrs. North [5]
- Petticoat Junction[5]
- Bewitched[5]
- Hawaiian Eye[5]
- Surfside Six[5]
References
- 1 2 Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
- 1 2 3 4 Screenwriter Erna Lazarus dead at 102, UPI, 14 March 2006, citing Daily Variety. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ↑ Leff, Lisa (March 28, 1995). "On Oscar Night : Passing the Torch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- 1 2 "Erna Lazarus". Variety.com. March 14, 2006. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 International Motion Picture Alamanac. New York: Quigley Publications. 1986. p. 156. ISSN 0074-7084.
- 1 2 3 http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-filmography/erna-lazarus/
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/work/lets-go-steady-99434
- ↑ Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. P. 443.
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