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Lenore Jackson Coffee (July 13, 1896 – July 2, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist.
Nov 22, 2023 · Dr. Rosanne Welch celebrates the female screenwriters who came before us with this month's spotlight on prolific TV writer and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Lenore J. Coffee.
Lenore J. Coffee. Novelist and screenwriter, educated at Dominican College in San Rafael, California. An avid movie enthusiast in her youth, she came to films after replying to an advertising campaign launched by actress Clara Kimball Young, who was on the lookout for better scripts.
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Lenore Coffee was a screenwriter in Hollywood from the late silent period through the end of the studio system. Although she wrote original stories, titles, and scenarios and was known for her adaptations of popular women’s fiction, she specialized in repairing the work of others.
The prolific Ms. Coffee counts as one of Classic Hollywood’s more overlooked screenwriters, and this bio offers scant bits of insight into her working methods — in between breathless accounts of the many self-absorbed personalities she encountered while the film industry was in its infancy, that is.
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Coffee, Lenore (c. 1897–1984) American screenwriter. Name variations: Lenore Cowen. Born around 1897 in San Francisco, California; died on July 2, 1984, in Woodland Hills, California; educated at Convent school of the Dominican Order, San Rafael, California; married William Joyce Cowen (an English motion picture director), June 8, 1924 ...
Lenore Jackson Coffee ( 13 July 1896 – 2 July 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Quotes. When a man of forty marries a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he's seeking but his own.
