Ursula Curtiss
Ursula Reilly Curtiss (born April 8, 1923 in Yonkers , New York , † October 10, 1984 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) was an American writer .
Life
Ursula Reilly was born as the daughter of the writer Helen Reilly . Her sister Mary McMullen is also a writer. She studied at Westport Connecticut College and then worked as a reporter. In 1947 she married John Curtiss and took his last name. With the release of her first detective novel Voices Out of Darkness , which in 1955 by NO Scarpi translated in the Swiss Scherz Verlag under the title voice from the darkness appeared, she made her debut as a writer. This was followed by 21 other crime novels, all of which were published by Scherz Verlag, with translations by Elisabeth Vergés-Wirz , Maria Meinert , Ursula von Wiese , Hiltgunt Monecke , Alexander Marmann and Alix E. Koenig , among others .
Her first story was made into a film in 1957, The Deadly Climate . In 1968 the remake of the same story took place. Her debut novel Voice Out of Darkness was also filmed twice: once in 1965 under the title It happened at 8:30 a.m. and the second time as a television film under the German title Death Games . Her novel The Forbidden Garden (German: Die Pappelallee), published in 1962, was filmed in 1969 under the title A widow murders quietly .
Curtiss died of cancer on October 10, 1984. She left behind her husband and two children.
Works
| Publishing year | Original title | Year (translation) | German title | translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Voice Out of Darkness | 1955 | Voice from the dark | NO Scarpi |
| 1950 | The Second Sickle | 1954 | A murderer sneaks around the house | - |
| 1951 | The Noonday Devil | 1962 | Tracks in the night | Elisabeth Vergés-Wirz |
| 1953 | The Iron Cobweb | 1957 | The iron cobweb | - |
| 1954 | The Deadly Climate | 1958 | Footsteps in the fog | - |
| 1956 | Widow's Web | 1960 | The man with the parrot face | - |
| 1957 | The stairway | 1959 | Shadow on the wall | - |
| 1958 | The Face of the Tiger | 1961 | The smiling mask | - |
| 1960 | So Dies the Dreamer | 1962 | Death to the dreamer (Alternative: Dream of death (1982)) | Alix E. Koenig |
| 1961 | Hours to Kill | 1963 | The house of the lifeless birds | Ursula von Wiese |
| 1962 | The Forbidden Garden (Alternative: Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice? ) | 1964 | The poplar avenue | Alix E. Koenig |
| 1963 | The Wasp | 1965 | The wasps | Alix E. Koenig |
| 1964 | Out of the Dark (Alternative: Child's Play ) | 1966 | The spoilsport | Maria Meinert |
| 1966 | Danger Hospital Zone | 1968 | Murder under anesthesia | Alexander Marmann |
| 1968 | Don't open the door | 1970 | The killer is at my door | Hiltgunt Monecke |
| 1971 | Letter of Intent | 1973 | Shadow of the past | Marianne Lipcowitz |
| 1975 | The Birthday Gift (alternatively Dig a Little Deeper ) | 1978 | Happy birthday | Ruth Bieling |
| 1977 | In cold pursuit | 1979 | Cold hunt in Mexico | Ruth Bieling |
| 1979 | The Menace Within | 1981 | The uncanny horror | Felix von Poellheim |
| 1980 | The Poisoned Orchard | |||
| 1982 | Dog in the Manger or Graveyard Shift | |||
| 1983 | Death of a Crow | 1986 | Death of a crow | Edith Walter |
Web links
- Ursula Curtiss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Ursula Curtiss in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursula Reilly Curtiss Is Dead , nytimes.com, October 12, 1984
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Curtiss, Ursula |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Curtiss, Ursula Reilly |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yonkers , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1984 |
| Place of death | Albuquerque , New Mexico , United States |