Enid Hibbard

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Enid Hibbard
Born
Enid Burke

February 27, 1889
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
DiedMay 24, 1960 (aged 71)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter

Enid Hibbard (born Enid Burke) was an American screenwriter active during the 1920s.

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Biography

Enid Burke, sometimes referred to by her childhood nickname, Nana, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father died when she was young, and her mother, Marie Swing, remarried prominent businessman Wellington Hibbard, who adopted Enid and her older sister, Charlotte.

Enid went to New York to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she graduated in 1910. [1] She also dreamed of becoming a professional aviator, and by the time she was 20, she was flying planes in St. Louis, where she worked as a saleswoman by day. [2] [3] [4]

Sometime after her older sister died in a train accident (1912) [5] and her stepfather died in a car wreck (1910), [6] she moved to Los Angeles and took a job as a studio stenographer. By 1925, she was writing screenplays, first under contract at RKO and later at Columbia, where she went under contract in 1929. [7] Little is known about what became of Enid after 1929, although the 1940 census shows she remained employed as a story reader. Hibbard never married, and she died in Los Angeles in 1960.

Selected filmography

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References

  1. ↑ Theatre Magazine. Theatre Magazine Company. 1910.
  2. ↑ "25 Jun 1911, 1 - The Lincoln Star at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  3. ↑ "22 Jun 1911, Page 14 - The St. Louis Star and Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  4. ↑ "6 Jun 1911, Page 12 - The Allentown Democrat at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  5. ↑ "16 Jul 1912, Page 2 - The Inter Ocean at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  6. ↑ "26 Mar 1910, 4 - The Billings Gazette at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  7. ↑ "5 May 1929, Page 83 - The Indianapolis Star at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
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