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Vera Caspary(1899-1987)

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Vera Caspary was born on 13 November 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for Laura (1944), A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and Laura. She was previously married to Isadore Goldsmith. She died on 13 June 1987 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornNovember 13, 1899
DiedJune 13, 1987(87)
BornNovember 13, 1899
DiedJune 13, 1987(87)
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Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews in Laura (1944)
Laura
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  • 1944
Kirk Douglas, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, and Ann Sothern in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
A Letter to Three Wives
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Laura
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    Give a Girl a Break (1953)
    Give a Girl a Break
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    • 1953

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    • Stephanie Zimbalist, Loni Anderson, Ben Gazzara, Charles Frank, Michael Gross, and Michele Lee in A Letter to Three Wives (1985)
      A Letter to Three Wives
    • Laura
    • Laura
    • Hildegard Knef in Laura (1962)
      Laura
    • Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
      Bachelor in Paradise
    • Les Girls (1957)
      Les Girls
    • The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)
      The 20th Century-Fox Hour
    • Give a Girl a Break (1953)
      Give a Girl a Break
    • Anne Baxter and Raymond Burr in The Blue Gardenia (1953)
      The Blue Gardenia
    • Susan Hayward, George Sanders, and Dan Dailey in I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
      I Can Get It for You Wholesale
    • Three Husbands (1950)
      Three Husbands
    • Kraft Theatre (1947)
      The Philco Television Playhouse
    • Kraft Theatre (1947)
      Kraft Theatre
    • Kirk Douglas, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, and Ann Sothern in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
      A Letter to Three Wives
    • Out of the Blue (1947)
      Out of the Blue
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      • November 13, 1899
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
      • June 13, 1987
      • New York City, New York, USA(undisclosed)
      • Isadore GoldsmithOctober 5, 1949 - October 8, 1964 (his death)
    • Other works
      Stage: Wrote (w/Winifred Lenihan) "Blind Mice", produced on Broadway. Directed by Winifred Lenihan. Times Square Theatre: 15 Oct 1930-Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/14 performances). Cast: Helen Brady (as "Verne"), Betty Breckenridge (as "Loretta"), Julia Colin (as "Freda"), Mary Alice Collins (as "A Serious Girl"), Rita Davies (as "A New Girl"), Libby Ferguson (as "Emily"), Claiborne Foster (as "Mae Thorpe"), Mary V. Heinlein (as "Elsie Schmidt"), Eunice Hunt (as "Beatrice"), Hallie Manning (as "Fannie"), Mildred McLeod (as "Agnes Thorpe"), Fern Peterson (as "Scottie"), Jane Seymour (as "Lou Vavck"), Olive Shea (as "Baby"), Cyrena Smith (as "Daisy"), Virginia Stone (as "Addie"), Frances Vicory (as "Jane"), Geraldine Wall (as "Ellen"), Percita West (as "Miss Johnstone"). Produced by Crosby Gaige. NOTE: Filmed as Working Girls (1931).
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      Published 18 novels, wrote four stage plays and ten screenplays. She was best known for her murder mysteries, the most famous of these, "Laura", turned into the "film noir" classic Laura (1944). She also wrote the story for the musical Les Girls (1957), which was voted best-written American musical by the screenwriters branch of the Writers Guild of America.

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