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Lenore Jackson Coffee (July 13, 1896 – July 2, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist.
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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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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 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.
Lenore Jackson Coffee (13 July 1896, San Francisco – 2 July 1984, Woodland Hills, California) was an American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Coffee began her career when she answered an ad requesting a screen story for the actress Clara Kimball Young and was awarded a one-year contract at $50 a week.
May 8, 2018 · Shortly after filming began on July 2, 1941, Wallis brought in writer Lenore Coffee to “doctor” Custer’s relationship with his wife, Elizabeth. Coffee was contracted to Warner Brothers and had been nominated for an Academy Award for her work on 1938’s Four Daughters, which Wallis had produced.
Coffee, Lenore (1896–1984) American screenwriter. Name variations: Lenore Cowen. Born July 13, 1896, in San Francisco, California; died July 2, 1984, in Woodland Hills, California; m. William Joyce Cowen (English motion picture director), June 8, 1924; children: daughter Toni (b. Jan 29, 1927) and son Garry (b. Feb 2, 1930).
