Lenore J. Coffee

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Lenore J. Coffee

Born July 13, 1896 (1896-07-13)
CA, California, U.S.
Died July 2, 1984 (aged 87)
California, California, U.S.
Occupation screenwriter, playwright, novelist
Spouse William J. Cowen (c. 1926 – 16 January 1964)

Lenore Jackson Coffee (13 July 1896, San Francisco – 2 July 1984, Woodland Hills, California) was an American screenwriter, playwright and novelist.

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[edit] Biography

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.[1]

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; and the second was with Julius J. Epstein in 1938 for Four Daughters, based on Fannie Hurst's novel, Sister Act. Of the studio system she is quoted as saying:

"They pick your brains, break your heart, ruin your digestion – and what do you get for it? Nothing but a lousy fortune."

Coffee was married to writer and director William J. Cowen, and one of her ancestors was U.S. General John Coffee, Chief of Staff to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in 1814.

[edit] Published works

  • Storyline: Reflections of a Hollywood Screenwriter. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1973. ISBN 0304292451. (autobiography)
  • Weep No More. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1955. (novel)
  • w/ Cowen, William Joyce. Family Portrait, 1939. (play)

[edit] Film credits

  • The Better Wife (1919; screenplay)
  • The Forbidden Woman (1920; story)
  • For the Soul of Rafael (1920; uncredited)
  • The Fighting Shepherdess (1920; uncredited)
  • Alias Ladyfingers (1921; adaptation)
  • Hush (1921; uncredited)
  • The Right That Failed (1922; adaptation)
  • Sherlock Brown (1922; writer)
  • The Face Between (1922; writer)
  • Thundering Dawn (1923; screenplay; story)
  • Daytime Wives (1923; story)
  • Temptation (1923; story)
  • The Age of Desire (1923; titles)
  • Wandering Daughters (1923; titles)
  • The Six-Fifty (1923; unconfirmed)
  • Strangers of the Night (1923; uncredited)
  • The Dangerous Age (1923; uncredited)
  • The Rose of Paris (1924; adaptation)
  • Bread (1924; writer)
  • Fools' Highway (1924; writer)
  • Hell's Highroad (1925; adaptation)
  • Graustark (1925; uncredited)
  • The Swan (1925; uncredited)
  • The Great Divide (1925; uncredited)
  • East Lynne (1925; writer)
  • The Volga Boatman (1926; adaptation)
  • For Alimony Only (1926; screenplay)
  • The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926; uncredited)
  • The Night of Love (1927; adapted screenplay)
  • Chicago (1927; screenplay)
  • The Angel of Broadway (1927; screenplay)
  • Lonesome Ladies (1927; story)
  • The Love of Sunya (1927; uncredited)
  • Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928; uncredited)
  • Desert Nights (1929; continuity)
  • Mothers Cry (1930; screen version)
  • Street of Chance (1930; writer)
  • The Bishop Murder Case (1930; writer)
  • Possessed (1931; adaptation and dialogue continuity)
  • The Squaw Man (1931; screenplay)
  • Honor of the Family (1931; writer)
  • Arsène Lupin (1932; dialogue)
  • Downstairs (1932; screenplay)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Silvester, Christopher (2000). The Grove book of Hollywood. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 0-8021-1675-2. 

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NAME Coffee, Lenore J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coffee, Lenore Jackson
SHORT DESCRIPTION screenwriter, playwright, novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 13 July 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH CA, California, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH 2 July 1984
PLACE OF DEATH California, California, U.S.