Molly Kazan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mary "Molly" Kazan (1907 - 1963), the daughter of Alfred Beaumont Thacher and Emma Cecelia Erkenbrecher and the granddaughter of Thomas Anthony Thacher and Elizabeth Day; she was an American playwright and the first wife of the acclaimed, but controversial film director Elia Kazan.

Contents

[edit] Works

Mary (or Molly) Day Thacher, as she was known professionally, wrote the following plays:

  • a) The Egghead
  • b) Rosemary
  • c) The Alligator

[edit] Death

She died on December 14, 1963 in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was only 56 years old [1]

She was survived by her husband and four children.

[edit] Sources

  • Who’s Who of American Women, 1st ad. (1958- 59), p. 679 (re Molly Thacher Kazan)
  • Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year Ending July 1, 1928, pp. 58-59 (re Alfred Beaumont Thacher)
  • Biographical and Historical Record of the Class of 1835 in Yale College for the Fifty Years from the Admission of the Class to College (1881), pp. 165-68 (re Thomas Anthony Thacher)
  • C.T. Cobb, L.E. Thacher, & D.W. Allen, Genealogy and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher (1872), pp. 12-15.

[edit] References/Links

  1. ^ Theatre World (Season 1962 - 1963) obituary. Library of Congress Catalog Card #46-13321.

[edit] Links

  • [1] Notable Kin: New England in Hollywood, Part II: Behind the Scenes