Mildred Dein

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Mildred Dein
Born
Mildred Gilrod

November 8, 1911
New York, USA
DiedSeptember 5, 1997 (aged 85)
Encino, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter
Spouse(s) Edward Dein

Mildred Dein (born Mildred Gilrod) was an American screenwriter who worked primarily on genre films during 1950s.

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Biography

Born in New York to Jewish immigrants from Russia and Germany, she married writer-director Edward Dein in Los Angeles in 1934, and the pair would go on to collaborate on half a dozen films over the next 20 years. The pair also wrote books like 1947's The Pencil Is Sharp together. [1] For years, they resided in a castle-like home in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon. [2]

Selected filmography

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References

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  2. 1 2 Senn, Bryan (2019-03-05). "Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills!": Horror and Science Fiction Double Features, 1955-1974. McFarland. ISBN   9781476635712.
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