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Bess Meredyth

Screenwriter / Actor / Writer / Film Director | * 02/12/1890 († 79, 07/13/1969) | Buffalo, New York (United States of America (USA))
Bess Meredyth (born Helen Elizabeth MacGlashan, February 12, 1890 – July 13, 1969) was a screenwriter and silent film actress. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and adapted The Unsuspected (1947). She was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her. ...

Metropolitan

NR

1935 | 1h 19min
Drama, Music, Romance / Love
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Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting ...

A Woman of Affairs

NR

1928 | 3.5/5 | 1h 31min
Drama
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"Wild Cat" Betsey Dawley, whose father, "Handsome Harry," was disowned by the proud Dawley family of Greenburgh, Kentucky, meets and thoroughly charms her snobbish cousin Virginia's fiancé, John Davi ...

Morgan's Raiders

NR

1918 | 50min
Drama
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A German pianist is going to break up with his unfaithful wife, when he receives the message that his favourite stepchild has died. This film is believed lost. ...

Wonder of Women

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1929 | 1h 35min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Bess Meredyth

2x Academy Award for Best Writing
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Movies with Bess Meredyth as Actress(1)

as The Sailor's 1st Sweetheart1912 A Sailor’s Heart

Movies with Bess Meredyth as Crew(76)

Writing/Adaptation1947 The Unsuspected
Writing/Screenplay1941 That Night in Rio
Writing/Adaptation1940 The Mark of Zorro
Writing/Screenplay1937 The Great Hospital Mystery
Writing/Writer1936 Half Angel
Writing/Screenplay1935 Folies Bergère
Writing/Screenplay1935 Metropolitan
Writing/Story1935 Metropolitan
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Mighty Barnum
Writing/Theatre Play1934 The Mighty Barnum
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Affairs of Cellini
Writing/Writer1933 Looking Forward
Writing/Writer1932 Strange Interlude
Writing/Screenplay1931 The Cuban Love Song
Writing/Writer1931 The Prodigal
Writing/Writer1931 Laughing Sinners
Writing/Screenplay1931 West of Broadway
Writing/Dialogue1930 Our Blushing Brides
Writing/Writer1930 Our Blushing Brides
Writing/Dialogue1930 In Gay Madrid
Writing/Writer1930 The Sea Bat
Writing/Screenplay1930 Romance
Writing/Story1930 Chasing Rainbows
Writing/Writer1930 Chasing Rainbows
Writing/Writer1929 Wonder of Women
Writing/Adaptation1928 Sailors' Wives
Writing/Screenplay1928 Sailors' Wives
Writing/Writer1928 The Yellow Lily
Writing/Writer1928 The Scarlet Lady
Directing/Continuity1928 A Woman of Affairs
Writing/Screenplay1928 A Woman of Affairs
Writing/Adaptation1927 When a Man Loves
Writing/Screenplay1927 When a Man Loves
Writing/Writer1927 The Magic Flame
Writing/Adaptation1927 Rose of the Golden West
Writing/Writer1927 Rose of the Golden West
Writing/Adaptation1927 Irish Hearts
Writing/Screenplay1926 Don Juan
Writing/Writer1926 The Sea Beast
Directing/Continuity1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Writing/Writer1925 A Slave of Fashion
Writing/Scenario Writer1924 The Red Lily
Writing/Screenplay1924 The Red Lily
Writing/Screenplay1924 Thy Name Is Woman
Writing/Adaptation1924 Thy Name Is Woman
Writing/Writer1923 Strangers of the Night
Writing/Writer1923 The Dangerous Age
Writing/Writer1922 Grand Larceny
Writing/Writer1922 The Song of Life
Writing/Screenplay1922 One Clear Call
Writing/Writer1921 The Fighting Breed
Writing/Writer1921 The Grim Comedian
Writing/Writer1919 The Big Little Person
Writing/Writer1918 The Man Who Wouldn't Tell
Directing/Director1918 Morgan's Raiders
Writing/Writer1918 Morgan's Raiders
Writing/Story1918 That Devil, Bateese
Writing/Scenario Writer1918 The Romance of Tarzan
Writing/Scenario Writer1917 Bringing Home Father
Writing/Screenplay1917 Bringing Home Father
Writing/Writer1917 Pay Me!
Writing/Story1917 The Midnight Man
Writing/Writer1917 Scandal
Writing/Scenario Writer1917 The Little Orphan
Writing/Screenplay1917 The Little Orphan
Writing/Scenario Writer1916 The Wedding Guest
Writing/Story1914 Cupid Incognito
Writing/Scenario Writer1914 The Way of a Woman
Writing/Story1914 The Severed Hand
Writing/Scenario Writer1914 The Countess Betty's Mine
Writing/Writer1914 The Forbidden Room
Writing/Scenario Writer1914 Women and Roses
Writing/Scenario Writer1914 The Voice of the Viola
Writing/Scenario Writer1913 The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
Writing/Scenario Writer1913 The Gratitude of Wanda
Writing/Scenario Writer1913 Cross Purposes

Born: Wednesday, 02/12 1890 (February) in Buffalo, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 07/13 1969 (July) in Woodland Hills (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Wilfred Lucas, Michael Curtiz
Other names for Bess Meredyth (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Helen Elizabeth MacGlashen"
"Bess Meredith"
Bess Meredyth frequently works together with these people:
Wallace Reid (17x, Actor)
Wilfred Lucas (10x, Actor)
Cedric Gibbons (9x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (8x, Crew)
Adrian (8x, Crew)
Clarence Brown (7x, Crew)
Fred Niblo (7x, Crew)
Richard Day (6x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (6x, Crew)
Phil Dunham (5x, Actor)
Dorothy Davenport (5x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:586204, Added: 10/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024