Dorothy Arzner (1897–1979) |
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Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood's studio system--from the 1920s to the early 1940s and the woman director with the largest oeuvre in Hollywood to this day--was born January 3, 1897 (some sources put the year as 1900), in San Francisco, California, to a German-American father and a Scottish mother. ...
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Born:in San Francisco, California, USADied:(age 82) in La Quinta, California, USA |
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Arzner directed several television commercials for Pepsi-Cola at the request of her friend Joan Crawford, who was married to the CEO of Pepsi.Height:
5' 4" (1.63 m)
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When I went to work in a studio, I took my pride and made a nice little ball of it and threw it right out the window.Trivia:
She invented the boom microphone while directing Clara Bow's first talkie, The Wild Party (1929). See more »Star Sign:
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