Muriel Roy Bolton (March 19, 1908 – March 4, 1983) was an American film and television writer active in the 1940s through the 1960s.
Muriel Roy Bolton | |
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| Born | Muriel Roy March 19, 1908 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Died | March 4, 1983 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
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Biography
editBorn Muriel Roy in Chicago, Illinois, to Camille Roy and Amanda Anderson, she attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before she moved to Hollywood.
In 1945, Bolton worked for Signet Films; she was paid $3000.[1] Her credits include a number of Henry Aldrich films, in addition to dozens of episodes of CBS's The Millionaire. She also wrote a number of plays[2] including Angels 'Round My Bed.[3][4]
In 1947, she published a novel titled The Golden Porcupine,[5] a historical romance set in 15th-century France.[6] Bolton also published stories in magazines including Redbook and Cosmopolitan.[7]
Her first marriage was to William Bolton; she later married educator Norman Mennes in 1957. She died of a heart attack in 1983 in her Los Feliz, Los Angeles, home.[8]
Selected filmography
edit- Mystery in Mexico (1948) (story)
- The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
- Mickey (1948)
- My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
- Grissly's Millions (1945)
- Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944)
- She's a Sweetheart (1944)
- Henry Plays Cupid (1944)
- You Can't Ration Love (1944) (story)
- Passport to Destiny (1944)
- Henry: Boy Scout (1944)
- Henry Haunts a House (1943)
- The Good Fellows (1943) (uncredited)
- Henry Swings It (1943)
- Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)
- This Time for Keeps (1942)
References
edit- ^ "Employer's tax return / Signet Films Productions - ECCI00006217". www.charliechaplinarchive.org. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "21 May 1961, 469 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ^ "4 Jun 1961, 433 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ^ "25 Jan 1948, 78 - Hartford Courant at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ^ Bolton, Muriel Roy (1947). The Golden Porcupine. Doubleday.
- ^ Match, Richard (1947-09-28). "Invasion by Marriage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Stories, Listed by Author". www.philsp.com. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Noted screen, television and fiction writer Muriel Roy Bolton,..." UPI. Retrieved 2018-12-27.