Virginia Kellogg
Virginia Kellogg (born December 3, 1907 in Los Angeles , California , † April 8, 1981 ) was an American screenwriter who won an Oscar for best original story and best original screenplay as well as for the Edgar Allan Poe Award was nominated for best film.
Life
Virginia Kellogg began her career as a screenwriter in the film industry in Hollywood in 1931 in the film drama The Road to Reno from Richard Wallace with Lilyan Tashman , Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Peggy Shannon in leading roles.
At the Academy Awards in 1950 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Story, namely for the gangster film Leap to Death (alternative title: Machine Guns , White Heat, 1949) by Raoul Walsh with James Cagney , Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien . At the same time, together with Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts , she received a nomination for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best film for this film.
Virginia Kellogg, who was only involved in the creation of nine films, received another Oscar nomination at the 1951 Academy Awards : This time she and Bernard C. Schoenfeld won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the John Cromwell- directed drama Women's Prison ( Caged, 1950) with Eleanor Parker , Agnes Moorehead and Hope Emerson .
Virginia Kellogg was temporarily married to the film director Frank Lloyd .
Filmography (selection)
- script
- 1933: Mary Stevens, MD
- 1947: Secret Agent T (T-Men)
- 1949: Leap to death - Alternative title: Submachine guns (White Heat)
- 1950: Women's Prison (Caged)
- Literary template
- 1956: With a naked weapon (Screaming Eagles)
Web links
- Virginia Kellogg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kellogg, Virginia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1981 |