Biography
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Lenore Jackson Coffee (13 July 1896, San Francisco – 2 July 1984, Woodland Hills, California) was an American screenwriter, playwright and novelist.
Coffee began her career when she answered an ad requesting a screen story for the actress Clara Kimball Young and was awarded a one-year contract at $50 a week.
She was twice nominated for an Academy Award for best Adapted Screenplay. The first time was for Street of Chance in 1929/30, adapted from the story by Oliver H. P. Garrett, in collaboration with Howard Estabrook. The second time was with Julius J. Epstein in 1938 for Four Daughters, based on Fannie Hurst's novel Sister Act.
Coffee was married to writer and director William J. Cowen. One of her ancestors was U.S. General John Coffee, Chief of Staff to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in 1814.
Filmography
all 67
Movies 67
Writer 56
Screenplay 10
Cash McCall (1960)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Young at Heart (1954)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
Old Acquaintance (1943)
The Gay Sisters (1942)
The Great Lie (1941)
My Son, My Son! (1940)
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Four Daughters (1938)
Suzy (1936)
Torch Singer (1933)
Downstairs (1932)
Night Court (1932)
Arsène Lupin (1932)
Possessed (1931)
Mothers Cry (1930)
Chicago (1927)
East Lynne (1925)
The Swan (1925)
Bread (1924)
Temptation (1923)
Hush (1921)
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1896-07-13
Deathday1984-07-02 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States
SpouseWilliam J. Cowen
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsLenore Coffee
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