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Bess Meredyth

1890 - 1969

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Bess Meredyth (born Helen Elizabeth MacGlashan, February 12, 1890 – July 13, 1969) was a screenwriter and silent film actress. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and adapted The Unsuspected (1947). She was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bess Meredyth is the 5,806th most popular writer (up from 5,825th in 2019), the 9,603rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,098th in 2019) and the 702nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Bess Meredyth ranks 5,806 out of 7,302. Before her are Gerrit Achterberg, Artur Adson, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, André Chamson, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, and Ferdinand von Schirach. After her are Edward Abbey, Charles Williams, R. A. Lafferty, John Berryman, Brad Falchuk, and Earl Derr Biggers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Bess Meredyth ranks 225. Before her are Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Stanley Holloway, Verna Felton, Néstor Guillén, Colin Carruthers, and Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia. After her are Virginie Hériot, Eoin O'Duffy, Eddie Rickenbacker, Hubert Stevens, Jennie Fletcher, and Myra Hess. Among people deceased in 1969, Bess Meredyth ranks 222. Before her are Corneliu Robe, Fred Hampton, Vilho Väisälä, Vernon Duke, Hans Deppe, and Ivy Compton-Burnett. After her are Kazimierz Wierzyński, Raymond Flacher, Zheng Junli, Viktor Vinogradov, Magic Sam, and Petras Klimas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bess Meredyth ranks 9,605 out of 20,380. Before her are Joe Arpaio (1932), Edith Abbott (1876), Les Aspin (1938), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), Haskell Wexler (1922), and Harry Hebner (1891). After her are Ella Baker (1903), Elizabeth Ryan (1892), Sally Struthers (1947), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Edward Abbey (1927), and Sarah Silverman (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bess Meredyth ranks 702. Before her are Jacob Abbott (1803), William Blum (1933), James Dashner (1972), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), Tim Powers (1952), and Fred Saberhagen (1930). After her are Edward Abbey (1927), R. A. Lafferty (1914), John Berryman (1914), Brad Falchuk (1971), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), and Gardner Dozois (1947).

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