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Marian Spitzer (sometimes credited under her married name, Marian Spitzer Thompson) was an American screenwriter, journalist, playwright, and actress.
Marian Spitzer was born on 20 February 1899 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for The Dolly Sisters (1945), Look for the Silver Lining (1949) and The Loretta Young Show (1953).
- Writer, Actress
- February 20, 1899
- Marian Spitzer
- July 18, 1983
Jan 8, 2020 · Marian Spitzer, from the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, 7 September 1923. Spitzer was just 25 when the book was published, but she was already a veteran writer. She’d started as a publicist for the King-Bee Hive vaudeville agency when she was just 18, then switched to become a reporter for The New York Globe.
A classic and rather nostalgic look at the famous New York City theatre known as The Palace. Still, Spitzer was one of the first to treat the history of vaudeville in a serious matter and her work is considered a classic in the history of vaudeville/popular entertainment. The author also contributed to the screenplay for the 1945 film Dolly ...
Jan 29, 2020 · The Best Husbands, by Marian Spitzer. An MPDMedia Audio Book. Journalist/author Spitzer, who (unlike her doppleganger heroine Rosalind), happily married an apparent Gentile, as well as had a mid-line successful career in Hollywood as a screenwriter.
Look for the Silver Lining is a 1949 American biographical musical film directed by David Butler and written by Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron and Marian Spitzer. A biography of Broadway singer-dancer Marilyn Miller, it stars June Haver and Ray Bolger. It was nominated for an Academy Award for best scoring for a musical picture in 1950.
In the late 1940s, Marian Spitzer contracted tuberculosis and was bedridden for over a year, an experience she recounted in I Took It Lying Down (1951).
