Zelda Sears

Writer: Zelda Sears

Born: 1873
Died: Feb 19, 1935
Occupation: Writer, Actor
Active: '20s-'30s
Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Tugboat Annie, Emma, The Divorcée
First Major Screen Credit: Cornered (1924)

Biography

Musical comedy favorite Zelda Sears made her Broadway debut in the 1908 production Nearly a Hero. As busy a playwright as an actress, Sears penned the librettos for several long-running musicals, often in collaboration with Harold Levy; she also came up with such non-musical stage fare as The Clinging Vine, Cornered, and Road to Paradise, all of which were later filmed. Coming to Hollywood during the talkie revolution, she co-wrote many of Marie Dressler's best screen vehicles, including Tugboat Annie. Zelda Sears also acted in such early sound productions as The Divorcee and The Bishop Murder Case (both 1930). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide