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Dorothy Arzner (1897–1979)

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 »
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Known For

Breed of the Border
Breed of the Border Writer
(1924)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell Director
(1932)
Get Your Man
Get Your Man Director
(1927)
The Bride Wore Red
The Bride Wore Red Director
(1937)
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 1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (uncredited)
 1936 Craig's Wife
 1934 Nana
 1931 Working Girls
 1930 Paramount on Parade (sequence director)
 1930 Sarah and Son
 1930 Behind the Make-Up (uncredited)
 1927 Get Your Man
 1922 Blood and Sand (additional footage, uncredited)
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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.

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Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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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.

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She made history when she became the first woman to direct a sound picture, Manhattan Cocktail (1928). See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn
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