Zoë Akins
Playwright, poet, author (1886-1958) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 71
Zoe Byrd Akins was an American playwright, poet, and author. She won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for drama for The Old Maid.
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Dorothy Arzner Directed Anybody's Woman and Sarah and Son
Ruth Chatterton Also in Anybody's Woman and The Right to Love
Paul Lukas Zoë wrote Working Girls and The Right to Love- Bernard H. Hyman Produced Camille and Conquest
Greta Garbo Zoë wrote Camille (1936)
Fredric March Zoë wrote Sarah and Son and Ladies Love Brutes
David O. Selznick Produced Christopher Strong (1933)
Irving Thalberg Produced Camille (1936)
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Desire Me (1947)
Clarence Brown Directed Conquest (1937)
Herbert Marshall Zoë wrote Stage Struck and Zaza
Elizabeth Allan Also in Outcast Lady and Camille
Claire Dodd Zoë wrote Girls About Town (1931)
Helen Westley Zoë wrote Show Boat and Zaza
Stanley Fields Zoë wrote Show Boat and Ladies Love Brutes
Albert Lewin Produced Zaza (1939)
Judith Wood Also in Girls About Town and Working Girls
Tom Ricketts Zoë wrote Show Boat and Zaza- Victor Saville Directed Desire Me (1947)
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced Desire Me (1947)
Samuel Hoffenstein Also in Once a Lady and Conquest
Guthrie McClintic Directed Once a Lady (1931)
William Goetz Produced Her Private Life (1929)
B. P. Schulberg Produced Lady of Secrets (1936)
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1886 to 1958 · aged 71
