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Anita Loos (1888–1981)

While she is now best known for her book "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Anita Loos was one of Hollywood's foremost early screenwriters. She began writing screen scenarios for the 'Biograph Company' at an early age (though not 12, as she later claimed), and the first to be produced, Le chapeau de New York (1912), was not only directed by the legendary ... See full bio »

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 2008/I The Women (1939 screenplay)
 1961 Une rumeur d'amour (play "The Whole Town's Talking")
 1960 Zum Geburtstag (TV Movie) (writer)
 1956 Producers' Showcase (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Happy Birthday (1956) ... (writer)
 1955 Les hommes épousent les brunes (novel "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes")
 1953 Les hommes préfèrent les blondes (based on the musical comedy by)
 1952-1953 The Buick Circus Hour (TV Series) (3 episodes)
- Episode #1.10 (1953)
- Episode #1.2 (1952)
- Premiere Show (1952)
 1945 Le lys de Brooklyn (contributor to dialogue - uncredited)
 1942 I Married an Angel (screenplay)
 1941 Duel de Femmes (screenplay)
 1941 L'aventure commence à Bombay (screen play)
 1941 Les oubliés (screen play)
 1940 Suzanne et ses idées (screen play)
 1940 Le cargo maudit (adaptation - uncredited)
 1939 Nick joue et gagne (contributing writer - uncredited)
 1939 Place au rythme (uncredited)
 1939 Femmes (screen play)
 1938 Madame et son cowboy (contributing writer - uncredited)
 1937 Saratoga (original story and screen play)
 1936 San Francisco (screen play)
 1936 La loi du plus fort (screen play)
 1934 J'épouserai un millionnaire (original screenplay)
 1934 Social Register (story)
 1934 Le chat et le violon (screenplay contributor - uncredited)
 1933 Dans tes bras (from a story by) / (screen play)
 1933 Rose de minuit (original story)
 1933 Le chant du Nil (dialogue) / (screen play)
 1932 Blondie of the Follies (dialogue)
 1932 La femme aux cheveux rouges (screenplay)
 1931 L'assommoir (from the screen story by)
 1931 Ex-Bad Boy (story "The Whole Town's Talking")
 1929 The Fall of Eve (story)
 1928 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel) / (screenplay) / (titles)
 1927 Stranded (story)
 1926 The Whole Town's Talking (play)
 1925 Learning to Love (screenplay) / (story)
 1923 Dulcy (writer)
 1922 Polly of the Follies (scenario) / (story)
 1922 Red Hot Romance (screenplay) / (story)
 1921 Woman's Place (story)
 1921 Mama's Affair
 1920 La femme flétrie (adaptation)
 1920 La femme parfaite (screenplay) / (story)
 1920 Two Weeks (scenario)
 1919 A Virtuous Vamp (scenario)
 1919 L'île déserte (writer)
 1919 A Temperamental Wife (scenario)
 1919 Oh, You Women! (scenario) / (story)
 1919 Getting Mary Married (writer)
 1919 Under the Top (story)
 1918 Good-Bye, Bill (screenplay) / (story "Gosh Darn the Kaiser")
 1918 Come on In (writer)
 1918 Hit-the-Trail Holliday (writer)
 1918 Let's Get a Divorce (writer)
 1917/II Sa revanche
 1916 L'américain (scenario - titles)
 1916 The Matrimaniac (Short) (screenplay)
 1916 The Wharf Rat (screenplay) / (story)
 1916 Parvenus Américains (story)
 1916 A Calico Vampire (Short) (scenario)
 1916 Intolérance (titles)
 1916 The French Milliner (Short) (scenario)
 1916 Le métis
 1916/I Stranded
 1916 Laundry Liz (Short) (scenario)
 1916 Le mystère du poisson volant (Short) (titles)
 1916 Macbeth (intertitles)
 1916 A Corner in Cotton (story)
 1915 The Fatal Finger Prints (Short)
 1915 The Deacon's Whiskers (Short) (scenario)
 1915 A Ten-Cent Adventure (Short) (scenario)
 1915 Mixed Values (Short) (scenario)
 1915 The Lost House (Short) (scenario)
 1915 A Flurry in Art (Short) (story)
 1914 A Corner in Hats (Short) (story)
 1914 The Sisters (Short) (scenario)
 1914 The Saving Grace (Short) (scenario)
 1914 When the Road Parts (Short)
 1914 For Her Father's Sins (Short)
 1914 Billy's Rival (Short)
 1914 The Million Dollar Bride (Short) (story)
 1914 A Lesson in Mechanics (Short) (scenario)
 1914 Izzy and His Rival (Short)
 1914 The Meal Ticket (Short) (scenario)
 1914 The White Slave Catchers (Short)
 1914 The Deceiver (Short) (scenario)
 1914 The Last Drink of Whiskey (Short)
 1914 Nell's Eugenic Wedding (Short) (story)
 1914 The Road to Plaindale (Short) (scenario)
 1914 The Man in the Couch (Short) (story)
 1914 The Girl in the Shack (Short)
 1914 The Wallflower (Short) (story)
 1914 The Saving Presence (Short) (scenario)
 1914 Nearly a Burglar's Bride (Short) (scenario)
 1914 Some Bull's Daughter (Short) (scenario)
 1914/I The Hunchback (Short)
 1914 Hicksville's Finest (Short) (scenario)
 1914 When a Woman Guides (Short) (scenario)
 1914 The Fatal Dress Suit (Short) (story)
 1914 Gentleman or Thief (Short) (story)
 1914 A Bunch of Flowers (Short)
 1914 The Gangsters of New York (Short) (uncredited)
 1913 His Awful Vengeance (Short) (writer)
 1913 The Wedding Gown (Short) (scenario)
 1913 The Suicide Pact (Short) (story)
 1913 Oh, Sammy! (Short) (story)
 1913 Binks' Vacation (Short) (story)
 1913 How the Day Was Saved (Short) (story)
 1913 A Cure for Suffragettes (Short) (story)
 1913 A Fallen Hero (Short) (story)
 1913 His Hoodoo (Short) (scenario) / (story "The Making of a Masher")
 1913 The Lady in Black (Short) (writer)
 1913 The Widow's Kids (Short) (writer)
 1913 Pa Says (Short) (story "The Queen of the Carnival")
 1913 The Mistake (Short) (writer)
 1913 A Narrow Escape (Short) (scenario)
 1913 Highbrow Love (Short) (story)
 1913 The Hicksville Epicure (Short) (story)
 1913 A Horse on Bill (Short) (story)
 1913 The Power of the Camera (Short) (story)
 1913 The Telephone Girl and the Lady (Short) (writer)
 1912 Le chapeau de New York (Short)
 1912 My Baby (Short)
 1912 Coeur d'apache (Short) (uncredited)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(October 12 to 23, 1949) Her play, "Happy Birthday," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Lenore Shanewise was director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 24 Articles | See more »

Height:

4' 11" (1.5 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm furious about the women's liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket. See more »

Trivia:

By the end of the 1920's, Anita Loos was personal assistant of Richard Rubin, vice-president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. See more »

Nickname:

Nita See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus
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