Dorothy Arzner | |
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 Arzner in 1934 | |
| Born | Dorothy Emma Arzner January 3, 1897 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 1, 1979 (aged 82) La Quinta, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1922–1943 |
| Partner | Marion Morgan (1927–1971; her death) |
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s.[1][2] With the exception of long-time silent film director Lois Weber, from 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood.[3][4][5] She was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s.[6][7] Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and launched the careers of a number of Hollywood actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, and Lucille Ball.[8] Arzner was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America and the first woman to direct a sound film.[9][10]
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