Dorothy Arzner

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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. ... See full bio »

Born:

January 3, 1897 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

October 1, 1979 (age 82) in La Quinta, California, USA

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Known For

Christopher Strong Director

(1933)

Breed of the Border Writer

(1924)

Merrily We Go to Hell Director

(1932)

Get Your Man Director

(1927)

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Director (20 credits)

1943 First Comes Courage

1940 Dance, Girl, Dance

1937 The Bride Wore Red

1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (uncredited)

1936 Craig's Wife

1934 Nana

1933 Christopher Strong

1932 Merrily We Go to Hell

1931 Working Girls

1931 Honor Among Lovers

1930 Anybody's Woman

1930 Paramount on Parade (sequence director)

1930 Sarah and Son

1930 Behind the Make-Up (uncredited)

1929 The Wild Party

1928 Manhattan Cocktail

1927 Get Your Man

1927 Ten Modern Commandments

1927 Fashions for Women

1922 Blood and Sand (additional footage, uncredited)

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Editor (8 credits)

1926 Old Ironsides (uncredited)

1924 Inez from Hollywood

1924 Merton of the Movies

1923 Ruggles of Red Gap

1923 The Covered Wagon

1922 Blood and Sand (uncredited)

1920 The Six Best Cellars

1919 Too Much Johnson (uncredited)

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Writer (6 credits)

1926 Old Ironsides (uncredited)

1925 The Red Kimona (adaptation)

1925 When Husbands Flirt (screenplay) / (story)

1924 Breed of the Border (scenario)

1924 The No-Gun Man (story and scenario)

1924 Inez from Hollywood (scenario)

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

1926 Old Ironsides (script supervisor - uncredited)

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Self (1 credit)

1980 Hollywood (TV Mini-Series documentary)
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Archive footage (2 credits)

2016 Women who run Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
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1993 Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (TV Movie documentary)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Arzner directed several television commercials for Pepsi-Cola at the request of her friend Joan Crawford, who was married to the CEO of Pepsi.

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies | 9 Articles | See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

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 started in the film business as a typist for director William C. de Mille, and within three years had worked her way up to screenwriter, then editor. See more »