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Ursula Parrott (March 26, 1899 [1] – September 1957), was a prolific modern novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer whose sensational first novel, Ex-Wife (1929), was a Jazz Age best seller. Adapted for film as The Divorcee, it starred Norma Shearer.
Ex-Wife is a 1929 novel written by Ursula Parrott and reissued by McNally Editions in 2023 with an afterword by Marc Parrott, the author's son, and a foreword by Alissa Bennett, a writer for the Paris Review.
Apr 30, 2023 · The novelist Ursula Parrott, left, faced charges for helping a boyfriend, Michael Neely Bryan, desert the Air Force — one of many instances of her notoriety. Associated Press. By Alexandra...
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Jul 10, 2024 · Associated Press. Hollywood called, turning “Ex-Wife” into “The Divorcee” (1930), a box-office smash that earned Norma Shearer her only Academy Award, for best actress.
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Ursula Parrott (March 26, 1899 – September 1957), was an American writer of romantic novels. Her first book, Ex-Wife (1929), was a best seller, and was adapted for film as The Divorcee, starring Norma Shearer.
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- March 26, 1899
Apr 18, 2023 · She was a world traveler, a partner in a rural Connecticut newspaper, an informant in a federal drug investigation, and a pilot in the Civil Aeronautics Administration during World War II. She navigated a wildly fluctuating career and personal life, including four husbands and as many exes.
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May 3, 2023 · Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” caused a sensation when it was published in 1929. But it wasn’t the racy, frothy endorsement of sexual liberation readers were primed to expect. By Jessica ...
