Dorothy Parker

★ Writing #1,885

1893 - 1967 (age 73) • Writing

Born: 8/22/1893 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Died: 6/7/1967 (age 73)

Known for: Writing

Dorothy Parker

★ Writing #1,885

Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.

Known For

Saboteur

69%

Screenplay

1942

A Star Is Born

71%

Original Film Writer

1954

The Flower of My Secret

68%

Novel

1995

A Star Is Born

72%

Screenplay

1937

The Little Foxes

75%

Additional Dialogue

1941

The Cowboy and the Lady

63%

Additional Writing

1938

Suzy

59%

Screenplay

1936

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

64%

Story

1947

Candide

Lyricist

2023

Public Speaking

70%

Self (archive footage)

2011

Candide

Writer

2007

Candide

72%

Lyricist

2005

The Flower of My Secret

68%

Novel

1995

Candide

75%

Lyricist

1991

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

44%

Short Story

1990

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Lyricist

1989

The Ten-Year Lunch

65%

Herself (archive footage)

1987

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place

Original Story

1982

Big Blonde

60%

Short Story

1980

A Star Is Born

71%

Original Film Writer

1954

Queen for a Day

75%

Writer

1951

The Fan

60%

Writer

1949

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

64%

Story

1947

Saboteur

69%

Woman in Car (uncredited)

1942

Saboteur

69%

Screenplay

1942

Weekend for Three

68%

Screenplay

1941

The Little Foxes

75%

Additional Dialogue

1941

Sweethearts

58%

Screenplay

1938

Trade Winds

64%

Writer

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

63%

Additional Writing

1938

A Star Is Born

72%

Screenplay

1937

Three Married Men

80%

Screenplay

1936

Suzy

59%

Screenplay

1936

The Moon's Our Home

69%

Writer

1936

Hands Across the Table

70%

Writer

1935