Inez Asher
Inez Asher | |
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Dick Powell, Inez Asher | |
Born |
Inez Harriett Silverberg Jan. 1, 1911 Des Moines, Iowa |
Died |
May 8, 2006 (aged 95) Yonkers, New York |
Nationality | United States |
Other names | Inez Hirsch |
Occupation | television writer, novelist |
Spouse(s) |
Alvin Asher (m 1933-1967, his death) James M. Hirsch (m 1982- ) |
Inez Asher (née Inez Harriett Silverberg; January 1, 1911 in Des Moines, Iowa – May 8, 2006 in Yonkers, New York) was a novelist and television writer.
Early years
Inez Asher was the only child of Minor Silverberg, a Des Moines real estate agent, and Edna Harris Silverberg. Asher was a member of the class of 1928, Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines), attended Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls and UCLA; she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.[1][2]
Radio and Television Writer
Asher co-wrote the episode "Robert E. Lee" for the Famous Children of History radio program.[3] With Emilie Roberts, Asher composed a short lecture, "Irene Talking." [4] Asher wrote "The Last Orchid," the first episode of the Philco Players television program (1948).[5] Asher wrote for Lassie (1954 TV series)[6] and wrote the Welcome to Washington/Claudette Colbert Show of the Colgate Theatre.[7][8]
Political
Like many Hollywood writers of the 1930s, Asher was singled out for her left wing views. In 1934 she was listed in Elizabeth Dilling's self-published The red network; a "who's who" and handbook of radicalism for patriots. [9]
Novelist and Poet
Asher published one novel, Family Sins (Pinnacle Books, New York 1983), the story of an American widow who travels to the Orient in pursuit of a Korean orphan and ends up in the arms of a handsome but married Japanese doctor. Asher was co-author (with illustrator Alice Rovinsky) of two illustrated books of verse: Look at Me! A See Yourself Book for Boys and Look at Me! A See Yourself Book for Girls (Garden City Books, Garden City, New York 1951).[10] Parents would paste a child's photo in the designated spot inside the back cover and as the child turned the pages he would see his face, through a hole cut in each page, in all the people he wanted to be: pilot, railroad conductor, etc. "Look at me, and you will see, all the things I'd like to be. If I were a fireman brave, Folks in danger I would save!" or "To be a cowboy, Bronco Bill, That would give me such a thrill!" Publishers Weekly called the books "A delightful novelty."[11]
Personal
Asher was married to Alvin Asher, an attorney for MGM,[12] and to James Marvin Hirsch.[13]
Later Years
Asher worked as a coordinator in the International Student Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.[14][15]
References
- ↑ 1940 U.S. Federal Census
- ↑ Engagement of Inez Silverberg Told to Friends. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Jan 8, 1933; pg. B2
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. Pt I V 9 p 5351 Library of Congress Copyright Office 1937
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series. Library of Congress. Copyright Office 1937
- ↑ KTSL Grabs three sponsors. Variety. Wednesday August 25, 1948 p 30
- ↑ Inez Asher on the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Variety. Wednesday, November 8, 1958 p 35
- ↑ Inez Asher on Turner Classic Movies
- ↑ Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling. The red network; a "who's who" and handbook of radicalism for patriots. 1934 p 146
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1951. Library of Congress. Copyright Office
- ↑ The Publishers Weekly - Volume 160, Issues 1-13 - Page 275, 1951
- ↑ Alvin M. Asher, 64; Attorney for Studios. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Oct 2, 1967; pg. 19
- ↑ Who's Who of American Women. First edition, 1958-1959. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1958. Addenda (WhoAmW 1A); Who's Who of American Women. Second edition, 1961-1962. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1961. (WhoAmW 2); Who's Who of American Women. Third edition, 1964-1965. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1963. (WhoAmW 3)
- ↑ Mark de la Vina. Orange County Register. October 28, 1988
- ↑ Stefan Congrat-Butlar. Translation & translators: an international directory and guide. R. R. Bowker Co., 1979 p 94