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Anita Loos
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 93
Also known asCorinne Anita Loos, Buggie, NitaGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn25/04/1888Born inEtna, California, USADied18/08/1981 (aged 93)Died inNew York CityCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ272088 ↗Buried atEtnaTMDb#11436 ↗

Corinne Anita Loos was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her 1925 comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, her screenplay of the 1939 adaptation of The Women, and her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette's novella Gigi.

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Filmography7 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2016The Women Who Run HollywoodMovieSelf (archive footage)128
2005Irving Thalberg: Prince of HollywoodMovieSelf (archive footage) (voice)117
1991The Complete 'Citizen Kane'MovieSelf (archive footage)103
1980HollywoodSeriesSelf92
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest80
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf74
1919Our Film StarsMovieHerself31