Bess Meredyth

	Birth Place	Buffalo, New York
	Death Place	Los Angeles , California , United States Of America
	Occupation	Film Actress , Film Writer
	Spouse	Michael Curtiz , Wilfred Lucas , Burton Leslie
	Children	John Meredyth Lucas
	Footnotes	Award winning filmwriter

Bess Meredyth ( February 12 , 1890 - July 13 , 1969 ) was an award-winning film writer and Silent Film actress. The wife of the '' Casablanca '' director Michael Curtiz , Meredyth wrote '' The Affairs Of Cellini '' (1934) and adapted '' The Unsuspected '' (1947). She was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

TRIVIA

One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

First marriage resulted from a dare after a high school football game. In his memoir, "Eighty Odd Years in Hollywood", her son claims it "may have been the shortest marriage in history."

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	1890 births

	1969 deaths

	american screenwriters

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