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Frances Kavanaugh (February 5, 1915 – January 23, 2009) was an American screenwriter known for penning B - Westerns. [1] Biography. Beginnings. Born in Dallas, Texas, to Clyde and Robbie Kavanaugh, Frances grew up in Houston around ranching, cowboys, and horseback riding.
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.
2014 National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Honoree - Frances Kavanaugh induction video and acceptance speech on behalf of her husband, Robert L. Hecker.
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.”
Apr 3, 2020 · That article is part of Frances Kavanaugh-Hecker’s 1997 donation to the Autry, including her archive of ephemera, clippings and photographs, as well as her typewriter and Western clothing. The items in the collection give us a window into the life of a pioneering cowgirl, a woman in man’s world.
