Frances Goodrich

Birth Name:

Frances Goodrich

Birth Place:

Belleville, New Jersey, United States

Profession

Writer, Soundtrack

Won a Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for her work with then-husband Albert Hackett on the play, "The Diary of Anne Frank․"
Won a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on "Easter Parade" in 1948 and one for "Father's Little Dividend" in 1951
After graduating from Vassar College in 1912, she would go on to study at the New York School of Social Work for another year
She and husband Albert Hackett's success in playwriting lead to their signing as a writing team with MGM in the 1930s
Made her Broadway acting debut in 1916 alongside co-star Ruth Chatterton in "Come Out of the Kitchen․"

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