Frances Hyland | |
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| Born | Frances C. Moore 1903 (estimated) Arkansas |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Parent(s) | William C. Moore Aura Lee Dickey. |
Frances Hyland (born Frances C. Moore) was an American screenwriter active between the late 1920s and the late 1940s. She was the first woman hired as a "gagman" at a film studio, and she wrote dozens of comedic scripts over the course of her career.[1]