Isabel Dawn

Isabel Dawn (born Isabel Lydia Seitz; October 20, 1897 – June 29, 1966) was an American screenwriter, actress, and journalist active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.

Isabel Dawn
Born
Isabel Lydia Seitz

October 20, 1897
Evansville, Indiana, USA
DiedJune 29, 1966 (aged 68)
Woodland Hills, California, USA
Resting placeForest Lawn Cemetery
OccupationActress, screenwriter

Biography

Born in Evansville, Indiana,[1] to John Seitz and Viola Wright, Isabel worked at newspapers[2] like The Evansville Courier and The Kokomo Dispatch and attended Valparaiso University before moving to New York City.[3] Around this time, she married her first husband, Thomas Goss.

While in New York City, she and a fellow playwright were hit by a taxi; she spent a good deal of time in the hospital recovering. Her writing partner did not make it.[2]

She appeared in a number of stage plays, radio plays, and films in New York and Los Angeles prior to her 1934 marriage to screenwriter Boyce DeGaw. She and DeGaw collaborated on a number of scripts together[4] before divorcing around 1941.[5] She later married Ray Herr.[6]

Many of her screenplays were written for Republic Pictures; she frequently worked with director Joseph Santley.

She died in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 66.[7]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "5 Dec 1929, Page 20 - The Kokomo Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. "19 Apr 1931, 47 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. "3 Feb 1933, Page 6 - The Charleston Daily Mail at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  4. "18 Jul 1937, Page 45 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  5. "5 Nov 1941, Page 4 - Las Cruces Sun-News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  6. "1 Jul 1966, Page 65 - Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  7. "30 Jun 1966, Page 19 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
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