Jane Murfin
WritingAlso in Directing, Production, and Crew
Born October 27, 1884·Died August 10, 1955 (at 70)·Quincy, Michigan, USA·Female
Biography
From Wikipedia Jane Murfin (October 27, 1884 – August 10, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. The author of several successful plays, she wrote some of them with actress Jane Cowl—most notably Smilin' Through (1919), a sentimental fantasy that was adapted three times for motion pictures. In Hollywood Murfin became a popular screenwriter whose credits include What Price Hollywood? (1932), for which she received an Academy Award nomination.
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In the 1920s she wrote and produced films for her dog Strongheart, the first major canine star.
