Frances Goodrich

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1890-12-20 (94 years old)

Deathday

1984-01-29

Place of Birth

Belleville, New Jersey, USA

Frances Goodrich

Biography

Frances Goodrich (December 21, 1890 – January 29, 1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett. Goodrich was born in Belleville, New Jersey, the daughter of Madeleine Christy (née Lloyd) and Henry Wickes Goodrich. The family moved to nearby Nutley when Goodrich was two. She married actor Robert Ames in 1917 (divorced 1923), the writer H.W. Van Loon in 1927 (divorced 1930), and Albert Hackett in 1931. Goodrich and Hackett remained married until her death. Not long after marrying Hackett, the couple went to Hollywood in the late 1920s to write the screenplay fo...

Production

1946

1959

1934

The Thin Man

as Screenplay

1950

Father of the Bride

as Screenplay

1951

1948

The Pirate

as Screenplay

1948

Easter Parade

as Screenplay

1939

1936

After the Thin Man

as Screenplay

1937

The Firefly

as Screenplay

1936

Rose Marie

as Screenplay

1935

Naughty Marietta

as Screenplay

1934

Hide-Out

as Screenplay

1980

1980

1944

Lady in the Dark

as Screenplay

1935

Ah, Wilderness!

as Screenplay

1946

The Virginian

as Screenplay

1953

1956

Gaby

as Screenplay

1939

Society Lawyer

as Screenplay

1962

1967

1938

Thanks for the Memory

as Theatre Play

1948

Summer Holiday

as Screenplay

1936

Small Town Girl

as Screenplay

1954

1951

1991

Father of the Bride

as Original Film Writer

1995

Father of the Bride Part II

as Original Film Writer

1959

1948

Easter Parade

as Original Story

1934

Fugitive Lovers

as Screenplay

1944

The Hitler Gang

as Screenplay

1958

A Certain Smile

as Screenplay

1931

Up Pops the Devil

as Theatre Play

1933

Penthouse

as Screenplay

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