A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Zoë Akins
Birthplace:
Humansville, Missouri, USA
Born:
October 20, 1886
Died:
October 29, 1958
From Wikipedia Zoë Akins (October 30, 1886 – October 29, 1958) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, poet, and author. In the early 1930s, Akins became more active in film, writing several screenplays as well as licensing minor adaptations of her work—such as The Greeks Had a Word for It which was adapted twice, in 1932 (as The Greeks Had a Word for Them) and 1938 (as Three Blind Mice) – neither was a hit. Two highlights of this period are the films Sarah and Son (1930) and Morning Glory (1933), the latter film remade as Stage Struck. While both films earned their respective female leads (Ruth Chatterton and Katharine Hepburn) Academy Award nominations, neither was enough to launch Akins' career. Finally, Akins received recognition. In 1935, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her dramatization of Edith Wharton's The Old Maid, a melodrama set in New York City and written in five episodes stretching across time from 1839 to 1854. A film version of The Old Maid followed in 1939, starring Bette Davis. Akins also adapted the Alexandre Dumas novel, La dame aux camélias which was adapted into the film Camille in 1936. The film starred Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, and Lionel Barrymore, and earned Garbo her third Oscar nomination. To Akins' surprise, she was thrust into notoriety again in 1953, when Jean Negulesco directed an adaptation of The Greeks Had a Word for It. The film, titled How to Marry a Millionaire, became a box office sensation and helped launch the career of its star, Marilyn Monroe. Monroe's role in the Akins' play helped the rising star become a cultural icon, and encouraged Akins to pursue a short stint as a writer for several television variety programs.
Adaptation:
1930 A Whole Life
1930 Sarah and Son
Dialogue:
1930 A Whole Life
1930 Anybody's Woman
1930 Sarah and Son
Screenplay:
1930 A Whole Life
1930 Anybody's Woman
1930 Sarah and Son
1931 Working Girls
1933 Christopher Strong
1934 Outcast Lady
1936 Accused
1936 Camille
1936 Lady of Secrets
1938 The Toy Wife
1938 Zaza
Story:
1930 A Whole Life
1930 Anybody's Woman
1930 Sarah and Son
1931 Working Girls
1933 Christopher Strong
1934 Outcast Lady
1936 Accused
1936 Camille
1936 Lady of Secrets
1938 The Toy Wife
1938 Zaza
1959 The Sad Horse
Theatre Play:
1925 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925 Déclassé
1925 Eve's Secret
1930 A Whole Life
1930 Anybody's Woman
1930 Ladies Love Brutes
1930 Sarah and Son
1931 Working Girls
1932 The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1933 Christopher Strong
1933 Morning Glory
1934 Outcast Lady
1936 Accused
1936 Camille
1936 Lady of Secrets
1938 The Toy Wife
1938 Zaza
1939 The Old Maid
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire
1958 Stage Struck
1959 The Sad Horse
Writer:
1925 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925 Déclassé
1925 Eve's Secret
1929 Her Private Life
1930 A Whole Life
1930 Anybody's Woman
1930 Ladies Love Brutes
1930 Sarah and Son
1930 The Right to Love
1931 Girls About Town
1931 Once a Lady
1931 Working Girls
1932 The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1933 Christopher Strong
1933 Morning Glory
1934 Outcast Lady
1936 Accused
1936 Camille
1936 Lady of Secrets
1937 Conquest
1938 The Toy Wife
1938 Zaza
1939 The Old Maid
1947 Desire Me
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire
1956 The Day I Met Caruso
1958 Stage Struck
1959 The Sad Horse
Writer:
1955 Matinee Theater
1955 Screen Director's Playhouse
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