Bess Meredyth | |
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Born | Helen Elizabeth MacGlashan February 12, 1890 |
Died | July 13, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 79)
Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter |
Years active | 1912–1947 |
Spouses | |
Children | John Meredyth Lucas |
Bess Meredyth (born Helen Elizabeth MacGlashan,[citation needed] February 12, 1890 – July 13, 1969) was a screenwriter and silent film actress. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and adapted The Unsuspected (1947). She was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.