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Anita Loos

1889 - 1981

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Corinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anita Loos is the 4,563rd most popular writer (up from 4,619th in 2019), the 6,810th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,235th in 2019) and the 516th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Anita Loos ranks 4,563 out of 7,302. Before her are Sophia Parnok, Alfhild Agrell, Iakob Tsurtaveli, Gordon Willis, Nísia Floresta, and Enric Valor i Vives. After her are Ladislav Mňačko, Sue Grafton, Cecco Angiolieri, Musa Anter, Hulda Garborg, and Grace Aguilar.

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Among people born in 1889, Anita Loos ranks 219. Before her are Beulah Bondi, Elmo Lincoln, Georges Bonnet, Alexia Bryn, Géo André, and Stafford Cripps. After her are Claudia Muzio, Balthasar van der Pol, Marcel Moyse, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, William Justin Kroll, and Ted Wilde. Among people deceased in 1981, Anita Loos ranks 175. Before her are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Gustaf Dyrssen, Mark Donskoy, Jaap Bakema, Elemér Kocsis, and Guy Butler. After her are Juan Trippe, Paul Hörbiger, Yury Trifonov, Rudolf Viertl, Jan Burgers, and Mary Lou Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anita Loos ranks 6,812 out of 20,380. Before her are Ruth Roman (1922), James Read (1953), Patti Scialfa (1953), Gordon Willis (1931), Butler Lampson (1943), and Barbara La Marr (1896). After her are Edward Livingston (1764), Frank Havens (1924), Sue Grafton (1940), Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), Eugene Garfield (1925), and Ivan Brown (1908).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Anita Loos ranks 516. Before her are Tad Williams (1957), John Piper (1946), Mike Resnick (1942), Jane Bowles (1917), James Agee (1909), and Gordon Willis (1931). After her are Sue Grafton (1940), Bill Lawrence (1968), Julia Ward Howe (1819), John D. MacDonald (1916), Robert Richardson (1955), and Sandra Brown (1948).

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