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Joan Harrison (20 June 1907 – 14 August 1994) was an English screenwriter and producer. She became the first female screenwriter to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar when the category was introduced in 1940, and was the first screenwriter to receive two Academy Award nominations in the same year in separate ...
Joan Harrison. Writer: Rebecca. In 1933, she was hired to be a secretary by Alfred Hitchcock. She soon graduated to reading books and scripts, writing synopses and contributing to scripts. In 1939, she accompanied Hitchcock to Hollywood, working as his assistant and as a writer. In 1941, she was hired as a scriptwriter by MGM.
Feb 9, 2011 · Joan Harrison, 26, who was found dead in a derelict garage in Preston in 1975, was once thought to have been killed by the Yorkshire Ripper. But detectives said DNA found at...
Nov 6, 2023 · On a cold morning in 1975 Joan Harrison's body was tragically found in a garage. The mum-of-two from Preston was found beaten to death. Her shocking death will play out in ITV's The Long Shadow.
Dec 2, 2020 · Christina Lane is the author of Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock, Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break, and Magnolia. She is Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Miami, where she teaches film studies and women's ...
Joan Harrison. Writer: Rebecca. In 1933, she was hired to be a secretary by Alfred Hitchcock. She soon graduated to reading books and scripts, writing synopses and contributing to scripts. In 1939, she accompanied Hitchcock to Hollywood, working as his assistant and as a writer.
Aug 25, 1994 · Joan Harrison, a producer and screenwriter who helped write the scripts for "Rebecca," "Foreign Correspondent" and other films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, died on...
