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- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- January 21, 1873
- Place of Birth
- Near Brockway Township, Michigan, USA
- Died
- February 19, 1935
Zelda Sears
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zelda Sears (née Paldi; January 21, 1873 — February 19, 1935) was an American stage actress, screenwriter, novelist and businesswoman. Zelda had various odd jobs, including a writer for a Chicago newspaper, before becoming an actress and writer. In New York she played comic roles on stage, learned shorthand, and even opened her own typewriting business. The impetus of her writing career occurred when she began to copy scientific articles for the noted surgeon Dr. William Bull. Sears observed life in his sanitarium and turned what she saw into a fictional story, which she sold to a magazine. Readers became privy to the inner workings of the institution by reading Zelda's The Name Above The Door. Her income grew after several more short stories were accepted for publication. Dissatisfaction led Sears to return to Chicago, where she joined the acting…
Filmography
movieA Wicked Woman
1934 · Gram Teague, Screenplay
movieOperator 13
1934 · Screenplay
movieSadie McKee
1934 · Mrs. Craney
movieThis Side of Heaven
1934 · Adaptation
movieYou Can't Buy Everything
1934 · Adaptation
movieDay of Reckoning
1933 · Screenplay
movieBeauty for Sale
1933 · Screenplay
movieTugboat Annie
1933 · Writer
movieProsperity
1932 · Screenplay
movieNew Morals for Old
1932 · Additional Dialogue
movieEmma
1932 · Dialogue
movieSusan Lenox
1931 · Dialogue
moviePolitics
1931 · Story
movieInspiration
1931 · Aunt Pauline
movieReducing
1931 · Additional Dialogue
movieRoad to Paradise
1930 · Theatre Play
movieThe Divorcee
1930 · Hannah, Screenplay
movieThe Bishop Murder Case
1929 · Mrs. Otto Drukker
movieDevil-May-Care
1929 · Dialogue
movieThe Wise Wife
1927 · Screenplay
movieNo Control
1927 · Writer
movieRubber Tires
1927 · Adaptation
movieThe Cruise of the Jasper B
1926 · Adaptation
movieCorporal Kate
1926 · Story
movieThe Clinging Vine
1926 · Theatre Play
movieCornered
1924 · Theatre Play
movieThe Highest Bidder
1921 · Mrs. Steese
movieThe Truth
1920 · Mrs. Genevieve Crespigny