Erna Lazarus

Erna Lazarus (June 16, 1903[1] – February 19, 2006)[2] was a screen and television writer[2] from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Lazarus, born in Boston, Massachusetts,[1] was one of the founding members of the Screen Writers Guild.[3] On her death, Variety credited her as "one of the first female screenwriters working steadily in the studio system."[4] She also had an influential role in the formation of the Interguild Federal Credit Union.[4]

Lazarus died on February 19, 2006, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 102.[2]

Selected filmography

Hollywood or Bust (the last film featuring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin) - sole story and screen play[5]
Flareup (starring Raquel Welch) - associate producer[5]
Meet Me After the Show (starring Betty Grable) - original story[5]
Moonlight in Hawaii[6]
Double Date[6]
Atlantic Flight[6]
Let's Go Steady[7]
The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
Slightly Scandalous (1946)

Selected radio writing

Mayor of the Town[8]

Selected TV writing

References

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
"Screenwriter Erna Lazarus dead at 102". upi.com. UPI. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
Leff, Lisa (March 28, 1995). "On Oscar Night : Passing the Torch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
"Erna Lazarus". Variety.com. March 14, 2006. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
International Motion Picture Alamanac. New York: Quigley Publications. 1986. p. 156. ISSN 0074-7084.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2011-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
https://www.allmovie.com/work/lets-go-steady-99434
Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Mayor of the Town, comedy-drama.

External links

Erna Lazarus at IMDb

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[ReferenceA-1] Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915

[UPI-2] "Screenwriter Erna Lazarus dead at 102". upi.com. UPI. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2011.

[3] Leff, Lisa (March 28, 1995). "On Oscar Night : Passing the Torch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 February 2011.

[DV-4] "Erna Lazarus". Variety.com. March 14, 2006. Retrieved 2011-02-24.

[IMPA-5] International Motion Picture Alamanac. New York: Quigley Publications. 1986. p. 156. ISSN 0074-7084.

[MSN-6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2011-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] ttps://www.allmovie.com/work/lets-go-steady-99434

[Dunning-8] Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Mayor of the Town, comedy-drama.