Dorothy Arzner
American film director and film editor (1897–1979)
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- Born
- 1900-01-03
- Died
- 1979-10-01
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Directing · San Francisco, California, USA
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. From 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. Additionally, she was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in…
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- The Women Who Run Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2016
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