Clara Genevieve Kennedy | |
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Born | November 23, 1892 Monteagle, Tennessee, USA |
Died | November 9, 1982 (aged 89) Hanford, California, USA |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Spouse | Ivan 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]
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]
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