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Anita Loos
April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981
American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress, and television producer
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Corinne Anita Loos was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her 1925 comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, her screenplay of the 1939 adaptation of The Women, and her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette's novella Gigi.
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- Birthday · April 26
- Anniversary · August 18
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