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Anita Loos (1888–1981)

Writer | Producer | Actress

While she is now best known for her book "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Anita Loos was one of Hollywood's foremost early screenwriters. She began writing screen scenarios for the 'Biograph Company' at an early age (though not 12, as she later claimed), and the first to be produced, The New York Hat, was... See full bio »

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in Mount Shasta, Sissons, California, USA

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(age 93) in New York City, New York, USA
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2008/I The Women (1939 screenplay)
 
1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– Happy Birthday (1956) (writer)
 
1955 Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (novel "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes")
 
1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (based on the musical comedy by)
 
1952 The Buick Circus Hour (TV series)
 
1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (contributor to dialogue - uncredited)
 
1942 I Married an Angel (screenplay)
 
1941 When Ladies Meet (screenplay)
 
1941 They Met in Bombay (screenplay)
 
1941 Blossoms in the Dust (screenplay)
 
1940 Susan and God (screen play)
 
1940 Strange Cargo (adaptation - uncredited)
 
1939 Another Thin Man (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1939 Babes in Arms (uncredited)
 
1939 The Women (screen play)
 
1938 The Cowboy and the Lady (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1937 Saratoga (original story and screen play)
 
1937 Mama Steps Out
 
1936 San Francisco (screenplay)
 
1936 Riffraff (screen play)
 
1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl
 
1934 The Girl from Missouri (original screenplay)
 
1934 Social Register (story)
 
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle (screenplay contributor - uncredited)
 
1933 Midnight Mary (original story)
 
1933 Hold Your Man (from a story by / screen play)
 
1933 The Barbarian (writer)
 
1932 Blondie of the Follies (dialogue)
 
1932 Red-Headed Woman (screenplay)
 
1931 The Struggle (from the screen story by)
 
1931 Ex-Bad Boy (story "The Whole Town's Talking")
 
1929 The Fall of Eve (story)
 
1928 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel / screenplay / titles)
 
1927 Stranded (story)
 
1926 The Whole Town's Talking (play)
 
1925 Learning to Love (screenplay / story)
 
1924 Three Miles Out
 
1923 Dulcy (writer)
 
1922 Polly of the Follies (screenplay / story)
 
1922 Red Hot Romance (screenplay / story)
 
1921 Woman's Place (story)
 
1921 Mama's Affair
 
1920 Dangerous Business
 
1920 The Branded Woman (adaptation)
 
1920 The Perfect Woman (screenplay / story)
 
1920 The Love Expert
 
1920 In Search of a Sinner
 
1920 Two Weeks (scenario)
 
1919 A Virtuous Vamp (scenario)
 
1919 The Isle of Conquest (writer)
 
1919 A Temperamental Wife (scenario)
 
1919 Oh, You Women! (scenario / story)
 
1919 Getting Mary Married (writer)
 
1919 Under the Top (story)
 
1918 Good-Bye, Bill (screenplay / story "Gosh Darn the Kaiser")
 
1918 Come on In (writer)
 
1918 Hit-the-Trail Holliday (writer)
 
1918 Let's Get a Divorce (writer)
 
1917 Reaching for the Moon
 
1917 Down to Earth
 
1917 Wild and Woolly
 
1917/II In Again, Out Again
 
1917 A Daughter of the Poor
 
1916 The Americano (scenario / titles)
 
1916 The Matrimaniac (screenplay)
 
1916 The Wharf Rat (screenplay / story)
 
1916 The Children Pay
 
1916 American Aristocracy (story)
 
1916 A Calico Vampire (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Social Secretary
 
1916 The Little Liar
 
1916 The French Milliner (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (titles)
 
1916 The Half-Breed
 
1916/I Stranded
 
1916 A Wild Girl of the Sierras
 
1916 The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (short) (titles)
 
1916 Macbeth (intertitles)
 
1916 A Corner in Cotton (story)
 
1916 His Picture in the Papers
 
1916 Laundry Liz (short) (scenario)
 
1915 The Fatal Finger Prints (short)
 
1915 The Deacon's Whiskers (short) (scenario)
 
1915 A Ten-Cent Adventure (short) (scenario)
 
1915 Mixed Values (short) (scenario)
 
1915 The Lost House (short) (scenario)
 
1915 A Flurry in Art (short) (story)
 
1914 A Corner in Hats (short) (story)
 
1914 The Sisters (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Saving Grace (short) (scenario)
 
1914 When the Road Parts (short)
 
1914 For Her Father's Sins (short)
 
1914 Billy's Rival (short)
 
1914 The Million Dollar Bride (short) (story)
 
1914 A Lesson in Mechanics (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Izzy and His Rival (short)
 
1914 The Meal Ticket (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The White Slave Catchers (short)
 
1914 The Deceiver (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Last Drink of Whiskey (short)
 
1914 Nell's Eugenic Wedding (short) (story)
 
1914 The Road to Plaindale (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Man in the Couch (short) (story)
 
1914 The Girl in the Shack (short)
 
1914 The Wallflower (short) (story)
 
1914 The Saving Presence (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Nearly a Burglar's Bride (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Some Bull's Daughter (short) (scenario)
 
1914/I The Hunchback (short)
 
1914 Hicksville's Finest (short) (scenario)
 
1914 When a Woman Guides (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Fatal Dress Suit (short) (story)
 
1914 Gentleman or Thief (short) (story)
 
1914 A Bunch of Flowers (short)
 
1914 The Gangsters of New York (uncredited)
 
1913 His Awful Vengeance (short) (writer)
 
1913 The Wedding Gown (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Suicide Pact (short) (story)
 
1913 Oh, Sammy! (short) (story)
 
1913 How the Day Was Saved (short) (story)
 
1913 Binks' Vacation (short) (story)
 
1913 A Cure for Suffragettes (short) (story)
 
1913 A Fallen Hero (short) (story)
 
1913 His Hoodoo (short) (scenario / story "The Making of a Masher")
 
1913 The Lady in Black (short) (writer)
 
1913 The Widow's Kids (short) (writer)
 
1913 Pa Says (short) (story "The Queen of the Carnival")
 
1913 The Mistake (short) (writer)
 
1913 A Narrow Escape (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Highbrow Love (short) (story)
 
1913 The Hicksville Epicure (short) (story)
 
1913 A Horse on Bill (short) (story)
 
1913 The Power of the Camera (short) (story)
 
1913 The Telephone Girl and the Lady (short) (writer)
 
1912 The New York Hat (short)
 
1912 My Baby (short)
 
1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley (short)
 
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1922 Red Hot Romance (executive producer)
 
1920 Dangerous Business (producer)
 
1920 The Love Expert (producer)
 
1920 In Search of a Sinner (producer - uncredited)
 
1919 A Virtuous Vamp (producer - uncredited)
 
1919 A Temperamental Wife (producer)
 
1918 Good-Bye, Bill (producer)
 
1918 Come on In (producer)
 
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1926/II Camille (short)
Camille
 
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1919 A Temperamental Wife (supervisor)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Autocrats (1980) … Herself
– Hollywood Goes to War (1980) … Herself
– Single Beds and Double Standards (1980) … Herself
– In the Beginning (1980) … Herself
– Pioneers (1980) … Herself
 
1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 July 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1975 Donahue (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 January 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1974 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Anita Loos (1974) … Herself
 
1974 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 October 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Carol Channing (1971) … Herself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.43 (1959) … Herself
 
1951 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
Herself
– Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1951) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary)
 
1993 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1991 The Complete Citizen Kane (TV documentary)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

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(1921) Book: "Breaking Into the Movies, " with John Emerson. See more »

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5 Print Biographies  | 19 Articles  | See more »

Height:

4' 11" (1.50 m)
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Personal Quote:

I'm furious about the women's liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket. See more »

Trivia:

Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media). See more »

Nickname:

Nita See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus