Anita Loos
Also known as Corinne Anita Loos
American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)
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- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 1981
- Works
- 67
Top works
- A girl can't go on laughing all the time
- A subtreasury of American humor
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady;Intimately Illustrated by Ralph Barton
- No Mother to Guide Her
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady, Intimately Illustrated
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Writing · Etna, California, USA
Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 - August 18, 1981) was an American screenwriter, playwright and author.
Known for
- The Women Who Run Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2016
- Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood — Self (archive footage) (voice)2005
- The Complete 'Citizen Kane' — Self (archive footage)1991
- Hollywood — Self1980
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self
Article
Corinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981) 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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1888 births1981 deaths20th-century American dramatists and playwrights20th-century American memoirists20th-century American novelists20th-century American screenwriters20th-century American women novelistsActresses from ManhattanAmerican women dramatists and playwrightsAmerican women memoiristsAmerican women screenwritersInternet Off-Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata