Zelda Sears

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1873-01-21 (62 years old)

Deathday

1935-02-19

Place of Birth

Near Brockway Township, Michigan, USA

Zelda Sears

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zelda Sears (née Paldi; January 21, 1873 — February 19, 1935) was an American stage actress, screenwriter, novelist and businesswoman. Zelda had various odd jobs, including a writer for a Chicago newspaper, before becoming an actress and writer. In New York she played comic roles on stage, learned shorthand, and even opened her own typewriting business. The impetus of her writing career occurred when she began to copy scientific articles for the noted surgeon Dr. William Bull. Sears observed life in his sanitarium and turned what she saw into a fictional story, which she sold to a magazine. Readers beca...

Acting

1931

Inspiration

as Aunt Pauline

1930

The Divorcee

as Hannah

1920

The Truth

as Mrs. Genevieve Crespigny

1934

Sadie McKee

as Mrs. Craney

1929

The Bishop Murder Case

as Mrs. Otto Drukker

1921

The Highest Bidder

as Mrs. Steese

1934

A Wicked Woman

as Gram Teague

Production

1932

Emma

as Dialogue

1934

A Wicked Woman

as Screenplay

1933

Beauty for Sale

as Screenplay

1933

Day of Reckoning

as Screenplay

1934

This Side of Heaven

as Adaptation

1927

The Wise Wife

as Screenplay

1929

Devil-May-Care

as Dialogue

1934

Operator 13

as Screenplay

1930

Road to Paradise

as Theatre Play

1927

Rubber Tires

as Adaptation

1926

1932

Prosperity

as Screenplay

1932

New Morals for Old

as Additional Dialogue

1931

Politics

as Story

1933

Tugboat Annie

as Writer

1930

The Divorcee

as Screenplay

1926

The Clinging Vine

as Theatre Play

1931

Reducing

as Additional Dialogue

1934

1924

Cornered

as Theatre Play

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