Sally Benson
American writer (1897-1972) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 74
Sally Benson was an American writer of short stories, screenplays, and theatre. She is best known for her humorous tales of modern youth collected in Junior Miss and her semi-autobiographical stories collected in Meet Me in St. Louis.
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Henry Koster Directed Come to the Stable and The Singing Nun
George Schaefer Directed Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1958)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Vincente Minnelli Directed Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
George Seaton Directed Junior Miss (1945)
John Cromwell Directed Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Arthur Freed Produced Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
George Sidney Directed Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Mitchell Leisen Directed No Man of Her Own (1950)
Hugh Marlowe Also in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Eddie Quillan Sally wrote Viva Las Vegas and Summer Magic
Richard Maibaum Produced No Man of Her Own (1950)
Tom Drake Also in Meet Me in St. Louis and The Singing Nun- Lawrence Weingarten Produced Signpost to Murder (1964)
- Victor Saville Directed Conspirator (1949)
James Neilson Directed Summer Magic (1963)
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced Conspirator (1949)
Jack Cummings Produced Viva Las Vegas (1964)
George Englund Directed Signpost to Murder (1964)
Louis D. Lighton Produced Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Samuel G. Engel Produced Come to the Stable (1949)- Alex Segal Directed Joy in the Morning (1965)
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1972 · aged 74
