Cecile Kramer (1911 – 1999) was an American screenwriter primarily known for her contributions to B-Westerns in the 1940s.
Cecile Kramer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cecile Lewis August 22, 1911 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Died | February 24, 1999 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Biography
editCecile was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,[1] to Arthur Lewis and Bertha Davis. She assumed her stepfather Edward Kramer's last name when her mother remarried. The family moved west and settled in Los Angeles by the time Cecile and her half-sister Bertha were teenagers. By the 1940s, she was writing film scripts; one of her earliest sales was a Hopalong Cassidy script she co-wrote with Ellen Corby.[2] Most of the films she wrote or co-wrote were penned for Harry Sherman's independent production company.
Selected filmography
edit- Hoppy's Holiday (1947)
- Ramrod (1947)
- Buffalo Bill (1944)
- Silver Queen (1942)
- Twilight on the Trail (1941)
References
edit- ^ "16 Apr 1946, 12 - The La Crosse Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
- ^ "29 Apr 1941, 42 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
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