Historical FigureFemale
Anita Loos
died 1981
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryCorinne 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 26, 1889
Mount Shasta
Date of death
August 18, 1981
New York City
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
writerscreenwriternovelistautobiographerfilm actormemoirist
Notable works
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Field and occupation
- americká spisovatelka, scenáristka, dramatička a herečka
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