Zoe Byrd Akins (1886-10-30)October 30, 1886 Humansville, Missouri, U.S.
Died
October 29, 1958(1958-10-29) (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
Playwright, screenwriter, novelist, poet
Years active
1925-1958
Notable awards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1935)
Spouse
Hugo Rumbold (1932) (his death)
Zoe Byrd Akins (October 30, 1886 – October 29, 1958) was an American playwright, poet, and author. She won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for drama for The Old Maid.
The Old Maid. Zoe Byrd Akins was born in Humansville, Missouri, second of three children of Thomas Jasper and Sarah Elizabeth Green Akins. Her family was...
screenplay was based on the plays The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930) by ZoeAkins and Loco (1946) by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert.[citation needed]...
(in her second screen role and first starring role). The screenplay by ZoëAkins is an adaptation of the 1932 British novel Christopher Strong by Gilbert...
a librarian. Her great-aunt was the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ZoëAkins. Metcalf is an alumna of Illinois State University, class of 1976. Metcalf...
(also known as The Greeks Had a Name for It) is a 1930 play written by ZoeAkins. It is a three-act comedy that becomes farce only at the end. It has a...
the role of Ellen Olenska. The Old Maid was adapted for the stage by ZoëAkins in 1934. It was staged by Guthrie McClintic and starred Judith Anderson...
was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based on the play Pardon My Glove by ZoëAkins. George Bancroft as Joe Forziati, a New York building contractor Mary...
by ZoeAkins; story "Louisa Pallant" by Henry James) Frank Borzage (see no. 2 and no. 25) "The Day I Met Caruso" (September 5, 1956; written by Zoe Akins;...
impressions upon playwrights such as ZoeAkins and Rachel Crothers. Crothers later wrote the play Everyday for Bankhead, and Akins patterned the character of Eva...
Madge Evans and is based on the play The Greeks Had a Word for It by ZoeAkins. The studio originally wanted actress Jean Harlow for the lead after her...
pre-Code American drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner. The screenplay by ZoëAkins was adapted from Timothy Shea's novel of the same name. It stars Ruth...
a science fiction serial aired in 1953 G K Saunders Moon-Flower, by ZoëAkins, adapted from a Hungarian play by Lajos Bíró. Moonflowers (band) Moonflower...
A total of 77 Akins appear in the 1881 Census of Great Britain, and was ranked the 3,502nd most common surname. A total of 220 Akins appear in the 1996...
American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Goodman and written by ZoëAkins. The film stars Paul Lukas, Eleanor Boardman, Juliette Compton, Geoffrey...
Vignola, which was itself an adaptation of a 1919 play of the same name by ZoëAkins. Billie Dove as Lady Helen Haden Walter Pidgeon as Ned Thayer Holmes Herbert...
Douglas. The period film was produced by Merian C. Cooper and written by ZoëAkins. Set before the American Civil War, The Toy Wife tells the story of Frou-Frou...
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