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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
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