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Frances Marion

1888 - 1973 (age 84) • Writing

Born: 11/18/1888 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 5/12/1973 (age 84)

Known for: Writing

Frances Marion

Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. She was the first writer to win two Academy Awards.

Known For

The Champ

70%

Story

1979

Camille

70%

Screenplay

1936

The Wind

73%

Screenplay

1928

Dinner at Eight

68%

Screenplay

1933

The Pirate

65%

Additional Writing

1948

The Champ

71%

Writer

1931

Anna Christie

60%

Screenplay

1930

The Big House

66%

Story

1930

The Women Who Run Hollywood

71%

Self (archive footage)

2016

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

77%

Self (archive footage)

2000

Dinner at Eight

55%

Original Film Writer

1989

The Champ

70%

Story

1979

The Pirate

65%

Additional Writing

1948

Molly and Me

67%

Novel

1945

Green Hell

47%

Screenplay

1940

Green Hell

47%

Original Story

1940

Knight Without Armour

59%

Adaptation

1937

Knight Without Armour

59%

Writer

1937

Love from a Stranger

63%

Screenplay

1937

Love from a Stranger

63%

Adaptation

1937

Camille

70%

Screenplay

1936

Riffraff

54%

Screenplay

1936

Riffraff

54%

Story

1936

Dinner at Eight

68%

Screenplay

1933

The Prizefighter and the Lady

55%

Story

1933

Hold Your Man

63%

Writer

1933

Secrets

52%

Adaptation

1933

Secrets

52%

Screenplay

1933

Cynara

51%

Adaptation

1932

Cynara

51%

Screenplay

1932

Blondie of the Follies

63%

Screenplay

1932

Blondie of the Follies

63%

Story

1932

Emma

66%

Story

1932

The Champ

71%

Writer

1931

The Champ

71%

Story

1931

The Big House

70%

Writer

1931