Jeanie Macpherson

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Jeanie Macpherson (born May 18, 1887 in Boston , † August 26, 1946 in Los Angeles ) was an American actress and screenwriter .

Life

She started out as a dancer and stage actress. In 1908 she came to the film company Biograph and appeared there within three years in about 100 films directed by David Wark Griffith and almost exclusively in supporting roles. From 1912 she was also with the Edison Company and sporadically with other film companies in front of the camera. In 1913 Powers Picture Plays made several films under the direction and with Edwin August . In late 1914, she met Cecil B. DeMille , who brought her to the company of Jesse L. Lasky , where Macpherson had her first role in a DeMille film in Rose of the Rancho . She appeared in six films by this director, most recently in 1915 alongside Geraldine Farrar and Wallace Reid in Carmen . She took her last role in 1917 in a film by Edwin August.

Macpherson, who had scriptwriting experience on several films, was hired by DeMille to write. Her first script for a DeMille film was The Captive (1915). They worked closely together until 1930, after which they only worked sporadically. During this time she was jointly responsible for more than 30 scripts, including The Cheat (1915), Joan the Woman (1916), The Little American (1917), Don't Change Your Husband (1919), Male and Female (1919), Manslaughter (1922), The Ten Commandments (1923), King of Kings (1927), The Wicked Maiden (1928), Dynamite (1929) and The Buccaneer of Louisiana (1938).

As a screenwriter, she was one of the 36 founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927 . She died at the age of 59 years to cancer and was in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery buried.

For her contribution to the film, Jeanie Macpherson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6150 Hollywood Blvd. honored.

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SURNAME Macpherson, Jeanie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1946
Place of death los Angeles