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 79
Movies 79
Writer 78
Screenplay 1
Cash McCall (1960)
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
The End of the Affair (1955)
Young at Heart (1954)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Escape Me Never (1947)
The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
Till We Meet Again (1944)
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
Old Acquaintance (1943)
The Gay Sisters (1942)
We Were Dancing (1942)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
The Great Lie (1941)
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
My Son, My Son! (1940)
Four Wives (1939)
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
Four Daughters (1938)
White Banners (1938)
Suzy (1936)
Age of Indiscretion (1935)
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)
David Copperfield (1935)
Evelyn Prentice (1934)
Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)
All Men Are Enemies (1934)
Four Frightened People (1934)
Torch Singer (1933)
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
Downstairs (1932)
Night Court (1932)
Arsène Lupin (1932)
Possessed (1931)
Honor of the Family (1931)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
The Squaw Man (1931)
Mothers Cry (1930)
Street of Chance (1930)
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
Desert Nights (1929)
Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928)
Chicago (1927)
The Angel of Broadway (1927)
Lonesome Ladies (1927)
The Love of Sunya (1927)
The Night of Love (1927)
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
For Alimony Only (1926)
The Volga Boatman (1926)
East Lynne (1925)
Hell's Highroad (1925)
Graustark (1925)
The Swan (1925)
The Great Divide (1925)
The Rose of Paris (1924)
Bread (1924)
Fools Highway (1924)
Thundering Dawn (1923)
Strangers of the Night (1923)
Daytime Wives (1923)
The Age of Desire (1923)
Wandering Daughters (1923)
Temptation (1923)
The Dangerous Age (1923)
Sherlock Brown (1922)
The Face Between (1922)
The Right That Failed (1922)
Alias Ladyfingers (1921)
Hush (1921)
For the Soul of Rafael (1920)
The Fighting Shepherdess (1920)
The Forbidden Woman (1920)
The Better Wife (1919)
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1896-07-13
Deathday1984-07-02 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States of America
SpouseWilliam J. Cowen
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLenore Coffee
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