By Daniel Frankel
Aleen Leslie, the Writers Guild of America’s oldest living member, died at the age of 101 in Beverly Hills on Feb. 2, the guild announced Monday.
A former Pittsburgh Press columnist who talked her way onto the Universal lot in the 1930s and began writing for “The Three Stooges,” Leslie was only one of among about a dozen female screenwriters at the time.
She had 19 credited movies to her name, including "Affectionately Yours," “Father Was a Fullback,” “The Doctor Takes a Wife,” “Father Is a Bachelor” and &l...
Aleen Leslie, the Writers Guild of America’s oldest living member, died at the age of 101 in Beverly Hills on Feb. 2, the guild announced Monday.
A former Pittsburgh Press columnist who talked her way onto the Universal lot in the 1930s and began writing for “The Three Stooges,” Leslie was only one of among about a dozen female screenwriters at the time.
She had 19 credited movies to her name, including "Affectionately Yours," “Father Was a Fullback,” “The Doctor Takes a Wife,” “Father Is a Bachelor” and &l...
- 2/9/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
Aleen Leslie - screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and vintage radio writer-producer – died of natural causes in her home in Beverly Hills last week, just three days short of her 102nd birthday. A member since 1938, Leslie was the oldest living Writers Guild member. She also was one of perhaps only a dozen women screenwriters in the entertainment industry at the time. After arriving in Hollywood, she quickly talked her way into Universal Studio to begin writing 2-reelers for The Three Stooges and ultimately worked at every studio. She had 19 credited movies to her name, including Father Was a Fullback, [...]...
- 2/9/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
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