American film director and film editor (1897–1979)
Dorothy Arzner
Arzner in 1934
Born
Dorothy Emma Arzner
(1897-01-03)January 3, 1897
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died
October 1, 1979(1979-10-01) (aged 82)
La Quinta, California, U.S.
Occupation
Film director
Years active
1922–1943
Partner
Marion Morgan (1927–1971; her death)
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s.[1][2] With the exception of longtime silent film director Lois Weber, from 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood.[3][4][5] She was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s.[6][7] Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and launched the careers of a number of Hollywood actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, and Lucille Ball.[8] Arzner was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America and the first woman to direct a sound film.[9][10]
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