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Bess Meredyth (1890–1969)

Writer | Actress | Director

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One of the most successful women screenwriters of her time, Meredyth began as a short story writer for various newspapers. She entered films in 1911 as an extra for D.W. Griffith at Biograph. She then moved to Hollywood and worked as both actress and a prolific contributor of scenarios. During the 1920's and 30's... See more trivia »

Born:

Helen Elizabeth MacGlashen
in Buffalo, New York, USA

Died:

(age 79) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1974 The Mark of Zorro (TV movie) (adaptation - uncredited)
 
1947 The Unsuspected (adaptation)
 
1941 That Night in Rio (screenplay)
 
1940 The Mark of Zorro (adaptation)
 
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk (contributor to treatment - uncredited)
 
1939 Susannah of the Mounties (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1937 The Great Hospital Mystery (screenplay)
 
1936 Charlie Chan at the Opera (from a story by)
 
1936 Half Angel
 
1936 Under Two Flags (contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited)
 
1935 Metropolitan (screen play / story)
 
1935 Folies Bergère de Paris (screenplay)
 
1934 The Mighty Barnum (play / screenplay)
 
1934 The Iron Duke
 
1934 The Affairs of Cellini (screen play)
 
1933 Looking Forward (writer)
 
1932 Strange Interlude (dialogue continuity)
 
1931 The Cuban Love Song (screen play)
 
1931 West of Broadway (screenplay / story)
 
1931 The Phantom of Paris (continuity)
 
1931 Laughing Sinners (continuity)
 
1931 The Prodigal (scenario / story "The Southerner")
 
1930 Romance (dialogue continuity)
 
1930 Our Blushing Brides (dialogue and continuity)
 
1930 The Sea Bat (dramatisation)
 
1930 In Gay Madrid (dialogue continuity)
 
1930 Chasing Rainbows (scenario / story "Road Show")
 
1929 Wonder of Women (writer)
 
1928 A Woman of Affairs (continuity)
 
1928 The Mysterious Lady (treatment and continuity)
 
1928 The Scarlet Lady (story)
 
1928 Yellow Lily (writer)
 
1928 The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (writer)
 
1928 Sailors' Wives (adaptation / screenplay)
 
1927 Rose of the Golden West (adaptation)
 
1927 The Magic Flame
 
1927 Irish Hearts
 
1927 When a Man Loves (adaptation)
 
1926 Don Juan (screen play)
 
1926 The Sea Beast
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (continuity)
 
1925 The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
 
1925 The Love Hour (adaptation / screenplay)
 
1925 A Slave of Fashion
 
1924 The Red Lily (scenarist)
 
1924 Thy Name Is Woman (adaptation / screenplay)
 
1923 Strangers of the Night (writer)
 
1923 The Dangerous Age (writer)
 
1922 Rose o' the Sea
 
1922 One Clear Call
 
1922 The Woman He Married
 
1922 Grand Larceny
 
1922 The Song of Life
 
1921 The Grim Comedian
 
1921 The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
 
1921 The Fighting Breed
 
1920 The Jackeroo of Coolabong
 
1920 The Man from Kangaroo
 
1919 Girl from Nowhere (scenario / story)
 
1919 Big Little Person (writer)
 
1918 The Man Who Wouldn't Tell (writer)
 
1918 The Romance of Tarzan (scenario)
 
1918 That Devil, Bateese (story)
 
1918 Pretty Babies (short) (scenario)
 
1918 The Red, Red Heart (adaptation)
 
1918 The Grain of Dust (adaptation)
 
1918 Morgan's Raiders (writer)
 
1917 Scandal (scenario)
 
1917 Pay Me!
 
1917 A Five Foot Ruler (short) (story)
 
1917 A Wife's Suspicion (short) (scenario)
 
1917 The Midnight Man (story)
 
1917 Three Women of France (short) (story)
 
1917 The Little Orphan (scenario)
 
1917 Bringing Home Father (scenario)
 
1917 The Light of Love (short) (scenario)
 
1917 The Townsend Divorce Case (short) (scenario)
 
1917 The Girl Who Lost (short) (scenario)
 
1917 A Million in Sight (short) (scenario)
 
1917 His Wife's Relatives (short) (scenario)
 
1917 Why, Uncle! (short) (story)
 
1917 A Macaroni Sleuth (short) (scenario)
 
1917 Treat 'Em Rough (short) (scenario)
 
1917 One Thousand Miles an Hour (short) (scenario)
 
1917/I Practice What You Preach (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Pretty Baby (short) (scenario)
 
1916 It Sounded Like a Kiss (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Pass the Prunes (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The White Turkey (short) (scenario)
 
1916 A Price on His Head (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Fame at Last (short) (scenario)
 
1916/II The Decoy (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Breaking Into Society (short) (scenario)
 
1916/II Borrowed Plumes (short) (story)
 
1916 A Hero by Proxy (short) (scenario)
 
1916 He Almost Lands an Angel (short) (scenario)
 
1916/III Hired and Fired (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Small Magnetic Hand (short) (scenario)
 
1916 From the Rogue's Gallery (short) (scenario)
 
1916 He Becomes a Cop (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Heart of a Show Girl (short) (scenario)
 
1916 A Thousand Dollars a Week (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Sody Clerk (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Cross Purposes (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Number 16 Martin Street (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Wedding Guest (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Spellbound (scenario)
 
1916 The Twin Triangles (scenario)
 
1916 Mismates (short) (scenario)
 
1915 Stronger Than Death (short)
 
1915 The Ghost Wagon (short) (scenario)
 
1915 The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (short)
 
1915 In His Mind's Eye (short) (scenario)
 
1915 The Fear Within (short) (scenario)
 
1915 Putting One Over (short) (scenario)
 
1915 The Human Menace (short) (scenario)
 
1915 The Mother Instinct (short) (scenario)
 
1915 The Blood of the Children (short) (scenario)
 
1915 Their Hour (short) (scenario)
 
1915 Wheels Within Wheels (short) (story)
 
1915 The Mystery Woman (short) (scenario)
 
1915 A Woman's Debt (short) (story)
 
1914 When Lizzie Got Her Polish (short) (story)
 
1914 When Bess Got in Wrong (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Her Twin Brother (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Trey o' Hearts (scenario)
 
1914 The Love Victorious (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Severed Hand (short) (story)
 
1914 Passing the Love of Woman (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Mystery of Wickham Hall (short)
 
1914 The Forbidden Room (short)
 
1914 Women and Roses (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Cupid Incognito (short) (story)
 
1914 The Way of a Woman (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Voice of the Viola (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Countess Betty's Mine (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Cross Purposes (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Gratitude of Wanda (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine (short) (scenario)
 
1910 The Modern Prodigal (short) (novel "The Southerner")
 
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1915 The Spanish Jade
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1915 The Mother Instinct (short)
 
1914 Who Stole the Bridegroom? (short)
Bess
 
1914 When Lizzie Got Her Polish (short)
 
1914 When Their Brides Got Mixed (short)
Bess
 
1914 When Bess Got in Wrong (short)
Bess
 
1914 Father's Bride (short)
 
1914 The Little Auto-Go-Mobile (short)
 
1914 Her Twin Brother (short)
 
1914 The Wooing of Bessie Bumpkin (short)
Bessie Bumpkin
 
1914 Willy Walrus and the Awful Confession (short)
 
1914 Bess the Detectress in the Dog Watch (short)
Bess
 
1914 Bess the Detectress in Tick, Tick, Tick (short)
Bess the Detectress
 
1914 Willy Walrus, Detective (short)
 
1914/I The Cure (short)
The Daughter
 
1914 Bess the Detectress in the Old Mill at Midnight (short)
Bess
 
1914 Willy Walrus and the Baby (short)
 
1914 The Call Back (short)
 
1914 The Fascinating Eye (short)
 
1914 Stolen Glory (short)
 
1914 Dangers of the Veldt (short)
Gretchen
 
1914 The Desert's Sting (short)
Helen Edwards
 
1913 Bred in the Bone (short)
The Colonel's Daughter
 
1913/II A House Divided (short)
Betty Culver
 
1913 The Widow and the Widower (short)
One of the Children
 
1913 Gold Is Not All (short)
The Slavey
 
1912 A Sailor's Heart (short)
On Porch
 
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1919 Girl from Nowhere (uncredited)
 
1918 Morgan's Raiders
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "The Southerner" (filmed as The Prodigal, The Modern Prodigal).

Publicity Listings:

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Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Trivia:

One of the most successful women screenwriters of her time, Meredyth began as a short story writer for various newspapers. She entered films in 1911 as an extra for D.W. Griffith at Biograph. She then moved to Hollywood and worked as both actress and a prolific contributor of scenarios. During the 1920's and 30's... See more »

Star Sign:

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