Frederica Sagor Maas

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Frederica Sagor Maas was born in America, the youngest daughter of Russian immigrants. Feeling no great desire to complete her course in journalism at Columbia University, New York, she found film an exciting new artistic medium, and was hired by Universal Studios as a story editor, and later MGM as a fully fledged screenwriter. Thus began a bumpy... See full bio »

Born:

July 6, 1900 in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

January 5, 2012 (age 111) in La Mesa, California, USA

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Known For

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim Writer

(1947)

That Model from Paris Writer

(1926)

Rolled Stockings Writer

(1927)

The Plastic Age Writer

(1925)

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Writer (16 credits)

1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (from a story by - as Frederica Maas)

1935 Piernas de seda (story - as Frederica Sagor)

1928 The Farmer's Daughter (writer - as Frederica Sagor)

1928 Red Hair (uncredited)

1927 Silk Legs (as Frederica Sagor)

1927 Hula (uncredited)

1927 The Way of All Flesh (story - uncredited)

1927 Rolled Stockings (story - as Frederica Sagor)

1927 The First Night (story - as Frederica Sagor)

1926 Flesh and the Devil (uncredited)

1926 That Model from Paris (adapted for the screen by - as Frederica Sagor)

1926 The Waning Sex (uncredited)

1926 Dance Madness (script - as Frederica Sagor)

1925 The Plastic Age (adaptation - as Frederica Sagor)

1925 His Secretary (story - uncredited)

1925 The Goose Woman (uncredited)

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2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV Movie documentary) (thanks - as Frederica Maas)

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Self (2 credits)

2003 The Living Century (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- 3 Voices (2003) ... Herself (as Frederica Sagor Maas)

2002 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- Clara Bow: Hollywood's Silent Sexpot (2002) ... Herself

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Personal Details

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1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 2 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Frederica Maas | Frederica Sagor

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[on Joan Crawford] A gum-chewing dame. See more »

Trivia:

She married Ernest Maas in 1927, and they collaborated on screenplays (she also wrote screenplays by herself). They lost $10,000 in the infamous stock-market crash of 1929 which set off what has become known as The Great Depression. They survived by turning out movie reviews. They also wrote screenplays, but only one was accepted--"The Shocking Miss Pilgrim", which was eventually made into a film... See more »