Virginia Kellogg was an American film writer whose stories were adapted into the screenplays for ''

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'' (1949) and ''

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'' (1950). Kellogg was nominated for the

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for ''

'' (1949) at the 22nd Academy Awards held in 1950.22nd Academy Award Winners and Nominees
''

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'', first published March 23, 1950. Retrieved June 11, 2019. She was nominated for the same award for ''

'' (1950) the following year.23rd Academy Award Winners and Nominees
''

'', first published March 29, 1951. Retrieved June 11, 2019.

Biography

Virginia Kellogg was born in

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in 1907. Her parents were Walter Kellogg and Grace Irwin. She attended

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. Kellogg's first job was a reporter for ''

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''. By 1930, she was working at Paramount as a scenarist, after starting out as a script girl and secretary for director

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around 1926. She wrote a string of Pre-Code films for the studio at this time, including '' The Road to Reno'' and ''

Mary Stevens, M.D. ''Mary Stevens, M.D.'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot and Glenda Farrell. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon and based on the story by Virginia Kellogg. It was released by Warner Bros. on July 22, 19 ...

'' All the while, she'd continue writing radio plays and writing for national magazines. In order to research ''Caged'', the subject of which is women in prison, she became an inmate. With the assistance of authorities, she was incarcerated with a false conviction for embezzlement and served time in four American prisons. She was married several times: to fellow ''Times'' reporter, Walter Cochrane in 1938 through the mid-1940s; to Thomas Milton Fine from 1949–unknown; to director

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from about 1955 to 1960; and Albert Mortensen, a retired railroad executive.

Selected filmography

* '' Screaming Eagles'' (1956) * ''

'' (1950) * ''

'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1947) * '' Stolen Holiday'' (1937) * ''

'' (1933) * '' The Road to Reno'' (1931)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kellogg, Virginia 1907 births 1981 deaths American women screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters