1. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini and adapted The Unsuspected.
10 Facts About Bess Meredyth
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Bess Meredyth was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Bess Meredyth began her involvement in performing and writing from an early age.
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Bess Meredyth's father was the manager at a local theatre, and she studied piano throughout her childhood.
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Bess Meredyth began her career in show business in vaudeville as a comedian.
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Bess Meredyth worked as an actress for five years, subsidizing her income with screenwriting.
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Bess Meredyth met Wilfred Lucas in 1911 when he encouraged her to pursue screen acting.
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Bess Meredyth was arguably the first professional screenwriter to work in Australia.
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Rather than re-entering as a "junior writer," as the new executives offered, Bess Meredyth decided to retire from professional screenwriting.
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On July 13,1969, Bess Meredyth died at the Motion Picture Country Hospital at age 79.