Clara Genevieve Kennedy

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Clara Genevieve Kennedy
BornNovember 23, 1892
Monteagle, Tennessee, USA
DiedNovember 9, 1982 (aged 89)
Hanford, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter
SpouseIvan Melville Terwilliger (m. 1922)
Relatives Edith Kennedy

Clara Genevieve Kennedy was an American screenwriter and author active during Hollywood's silent era. She wrote most of her scripts for Paramount. [1]

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Biography

Clara was born in Monteagle, Tennessee, to Frederick Kennedy and Clara Lane. Her sister was screenwriter Edith Kennedy. She married Rev. Ivan Melville Terwilliger in Los Angeles in 1922; the pair had two children. [1] She died in Hanford, California, in 1982. [2]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 "Scenario Writer and Minister Wed". Los Angeles Evening Express. 16 Sep 1922. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. "Obituaries". The Hanford Sentinel. 12 Nov 1982. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  3. "Grand: 'Sick Abed'". The Pittsburgh Press. 25 Jul 1920. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. "'The Dancin Fool'". Asheville Citizen-Times. 21 Jul 1920. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  5. "'You're Fired'". Jackson Daily News. 12 Sep 1919. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  6. "Special at the Pastime Today". Hickory Daily Record. 28 Jan 1920. Retrieved 2019-03-11.