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Frances Kavanaugh (February 5, 1915 – January 23, 2009) was an American screenwriter known for penning B-Westerns.
Frances Kavanaugh, one of the few women who wrote screenplays for B-westerns such as “Song of Old Wyoming” and “Wild West” in the 1940s and early ‘50s, has died. She was 93. Kavanaugh died Jan....
Jul 5, 2022 · Frances Kavanaugh, writer of B-Western movies, daughter of Jewell Walton Simpson and Robbie Summeral (Booth) Simpson, was born Francheska L. Simpson in Dallas, Texas, on February 5, 1915. As a young girl she grew up in Houston around ranching and cowboys and rode horses.
Feb 6, 2023 · Frances Kavanaugh’s story paints a different picture of 1940s Hollywood screenwriting than most academic histories. Fondly remembered as the ‘Cowgirl of the Typewriter’ by fans and aficionados of the American West, Kavanaugh wrote around thirty B Westerns for companies like Monogram and Producers Releasing Corporation.
Known as the “Cowgirl of the Typewriter,” Frances Kavanaugh Hecker was one of the few women writing western screenplays in Hollywood, a primarily male-dominated profession. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up around ranching in Houston which gave her what she called “the feeling of Westerns.”
2014 National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Honoree - Frances Kavanaugh induction video and acceptance speech on behalf of her husband, Robert L. Hecker.
Frances Kavanaugh. Writer. 5 February 1915 to 23 January 2009. A successful screenwriter of B westerns at Monogram Pictures, Kavanaugh created the character of Lash La Rue, a whip-wielding cowboy who debuted in Song of Old Wyoming (1945).
