Biography
Brenda Weisberg (1900β1996) was a Russian-American screenwriter active from the late 1930s through the early 1950s. Her body of work spanned a wide range of genres, from monster movies to thrillers to family films. She wrote several films for the Rusty the Dog and Dead End Kids series. Brenda was born in Rovno, Ukraine, to a Jewish family; she emigrated to Ohio with her parents when she was a little girl. The family eventually settled in Phoenix, Arizona. After graduating high school, she began working for local publications, and eventually founded the city's first Jewish newspaper, The Southwestern Jewish Star.She eventually moved to Hollywood around 1940, where she began writing genres films for big studios like Universal, RKO, and Columbia. Her credits include films like The Mummy's Ghost, Weird Woman, My Dog Rusty, and There's One Born Every Minute.She retired from screenwriting in 1952, the year she moved back to Phoenix, Arizona, and married her husband, Morris Meckler. In her later years, she became active in the local arts scene, working with the Phoenix Little Theatre as a writer, director, and actor. In 1988, she published a book about her life called Papa Was a Farmer.
Filmography
all 32
Movies 32
Writer 31
Screenplay 1
Reunion in Reno (1951)
On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
Girls' School (1950)
Rusty's Birthday (1949)
Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
Port Said (1948)
My Dog Rusty (1948)
The Lone Wolf in London (1947)
When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
King of the Wild Horses (1947)
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)
Shadowed (1946)
Ding Dong Williams (1946)
China Sky (1945)
Babes on Swing Street (1944)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Weird Woman (1944)
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
Mug Town (1942)
Overland Mail (1942)
Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
Tough as They Come (1942)
You're Telling Me (1942)
Mob Town (1941)
Sing Another Chorus (1941)
Hit the Road (1941)
You're Not So Tough (1940)
Tough Kid (1938)
Little Tough Guy (1938)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1899-04-06
Deathday1996-01-01 (96 years old)
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