Vera Caspary(1899-1987)

Vera Caspary was born on 13 November 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for A Letter to Three Wives (1949), Laura (1944) and Laura. She was married to Isadore Goldsmith. She died on 13 June 1987 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Height
- 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
Born
- November 13, 1899
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
- June 13, 1987
- New York City, New York, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Isadore GoldsmithOctober 5, 1949 - October 8, 1964 (his death)
Other works
Stage: Wrote (w/Winifred Lenihan) "Blind Mice", produced on Broadway. Directed by Winifred Lenihan. Times Square Theatre: 15 Oct 1930-Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/14 performances). Cast: Helen Brady (as "Verne"), Betty Breckenridge (as "Loretta"), Julia Colin (as "Freda"), Mary Alice Collins (as "A Serious Girl"), Rita Davies (as "A New Girl"), Libby Ferguson (as "Emily"), Claiborne Foster (as "Mae Thorpe"), Mary V. Heinlein (as "Elsie Schmidt"), Eunice Hunt (as "Beatrice"), Hallie Manning (as "Fannie"), Mildred McLeod (as "Agnes Thorpe"), Fern Peterson (as "Scottie"), Jane Seymour (as "Lou Vavck"), Olive Shea (as "Baby"), Cyrena Smith (as "Daisy"), Virginia Stone (as "Addie"), Frances Vicory (as "Jane"), Geraldine Wall (as "Ellen"), Percita West (as "Miss Johnstone"). Produced by Crosby Gaige. NOTE: Filmed as Working Girls (1931).
Publicity listings
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Trivia
Published 18 novels, wrote four stage plays and ten screenplays. She was best known for her murder mysteries, the most famous of these, "Laura", turned into the "film noir" classic Laura (1944). She also wrote the story for the musical Les Girls (1957), which was voted best-written American musical by the screenwriters branch of the Writers Guild of America.