Edith Fitzgerald (1889-1968) was an American screenwriter and playwright active primarily during the 1930s.

Biography

Born and raised in Burnside, Kentucky, Edith Pearl Fitzgerald was one of 12 children born to John Fitzgerald and Dora Roberts. During the course of her career, she co-wrote several Broadway plays with

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, her then-boyfriend, including ''Her Delicate Condition.'' The two parted ways after they moved to the West Coast, and they never married despite press reports to the contrary. She was married to Elmer Griffin, a star tennis player, and she became a tennis champion in her own right. She died in 1968 in Charlotte, North Carolina, after a brief illness.

Partial filmography

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'' (1939) * '' My American Wife'' (1936) * '' Small Town Girl'' (1936) * ''

The Wedding Night ''The Wedding Night'' is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Gary Cooper and Anna Sten. Written by Edith Fitzgerald and based on a story by Edwin H. Knopf, the film is about a financially strapped novelist wh ...

'' (1935) * '' The Painted Veil'' (1934) * ''

Brief Moment ''Brief Moment'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton and starring Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond. It is based on the 1931 play of the same name by S. N. Behrman. Plot Rodney Deane (Gene Raymond) is a rich playboy ...

'' (1933) (adaptation) * ''

Today We Live ''Today We Live'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romance drama film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young and Franchot Tone.

'' (1933) * '' Many a Slip'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

Ex-Lady ''Ex-Lady'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy/drama film directed by Robert Florey. The screenplay by David Boehm is a remake of the Barbara Stanwyck film ''Illicit (1931),'' both crediting a story (actually a play) by Edith Fitzgerald and ...

'' (1933)

References

1889 births 1968 deaths People from Pulaski County, Kentucky Screenwriters from Kentucky American women screenwriters 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American women dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screenwriter-stub