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Marguerite Roberts (September 21, 1905 – February 17, 1989) was an American screenwriter, one of the highest paid in the 1930s.
Marguerite Roberts was born on 21 September 1905 in Greeley, Colorado, USA. She was a writer, known for True Grit (1969), College Scandal (1935) and Honky Tonk (1941). She was married to John Sanford. She died on 17 February 1989 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Writer, Soundtrack
- September 21, 1905
- Marguerite Roberts
- February 17, 1989
Marguerite Roberts was born on September 21, 1905 in Greeley, Colorado, USA. She was a writer, known for True Grit (1969), College Scandal (1935) and Honky Tonk (1941). She was married to John Sanford. She died on February 17, 1989 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- September 21, 1905
- February 17, 1989
Jan 25, 2023 · True Grit screenwriter Marguerite Roberts was a contracted writer for MGM throughout the 1940s. Among her scripts during this period were Ziegfeld Girl , Honky Tonk (both 1941) and Somewhere I'll...
Marguerite Roberts (21 September 1905 –17 February 1989) was an American screenwriter, one of the highest paid in the 1930s. After she and her husband John Sanford refused to testify in 1951 before the House Un-American Activities Committee, she was blacklisted for nine years and unable to get work in Hollywood.
Mar 17, 1989 · Marguerite Roberts, who was forced to abandon a promising screenwriting career when she refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951, yet returned to films to...
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Oct 28, 2019 · Oscar-winning producer Hal Wallis outbid John Wayne’s Batjac Productions for the film rights to Charles Portis’s 1968 novel True Grit before it was even published. He hired veteran screenwriter Marguerite Roberts to adapt the historical Western for the big screen.
