Elizabeth Wilson (screenwriter)

Elizabeth Wilson was an American screenwriter, playwright, and TV writer active during the 1950s and 1960s; she was known for her work on Westerns.[1]

Elizabeth Wilson
Born
Elizabeth Vance Anderson

July 24, 1914
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
DiedJuly 25, 2000
Santa Monica, California, USA
EducationHollywood High School
OccupationScreenwriter, TV writer
Spouse(s)Richard Wilson
Parent(s)Myrtle Owen and George Anderson

Biography

Elizabeth was the daughter of silent film actress Myrtle Owen and George Anderson. Although she was born in Oklahoma, she moved to Los Angeles as a young girl, where she attended and graduated from Hollywood High School. After graduation, she worked at the Stanley Rose bookstore on Hollywood Boulevard. She later worked as a journalist at magazines and newspapers.[2]

In the 1950s, she and her husband, writer-director Richard Wilson, wrote Westerns together, including Invitation to a Gunfighter.[3][4][5] In 1951, she was called to testify about her former ties to the Communist Party.[6][7] She revealed that she had been a member from 1937 through 1947, and had worked on several projects that aimed to help elect candidates who the Communist Party favored.[7]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Raitt and Wilson Set for Civic Light Opera". The Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1960. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  2. Schallert, Edwin (December 6, 1956). "Herman Wouk to Script 'Morningstar'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  3. "Elizabeth V. Wilson - WGA Directory". directories.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  4. Zailian, Marian (October 24, 1993). "Orson Welles' Unseen Picture Surfaces". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  5. "Wilson Signed". The Los Angeles Times. December 13, 1961. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. "Reds Fail to Grab Filmland". The Santa Rosa Press Democrat. September 23, 1951. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  7. "Party Line Shadowed by Neckline". The Santa Rosa Press Democrat. September 21, 1951. Retrieved April 11, 2019.


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