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Joan Harrison (20 June 1907 – 14 August 1994) was an English screenwriter and producer. She became the first female screenwriter to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar when the category was introduced in 1940, and was the first screenwriter to receive two Academy Award nominations in the same year in separate categories, for ...
She soon graduated to reading books and scripts, writing synopses and contributing to scripts. In 1939, she accompanied Hitchcock to Hollywood, working as his assistant and as a writer. In 1941, she was hired as a scriptwriter by MGM. In 1943, she became a producer at Universal.
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Aug 25, 1994 · Joan Harrison, a producer and screenwriter who helped write the scripts for "Rebecca," "Foreign Correspondent" and other films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, died on Aug. 14 in London. She was...
Oct 15, 2020 · Presenting (more or less) real women and their voices on screen was something for which Harrison lobbied all her professional life. Joan Harrison, Producer at Large. Image: Getty. The British-born Harrison was the first woman to be nominated for two screenwriting Oscars in the same year (1941, for Foreign Correspondent and Rebecca).
Joan Mary Harrison was an English film producer and screenwriter. Born in Guildford, Surrey, Harrison studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and also at the Sorbonne.
British movie producer, screenwriter, and scenarist who worked for Alfred Hitchcock for several years. Born Joan Mary Harrison in Guildford, Surrey, England, on June 20, 1908; died on August 14, 1994, in London, England; daughter of Walter and Maelia (Muir) Harrison.
Aug 24, 1994 · Joan Harrison, a major writer and producer for Alfred Hitchcock and once the only woman feature film producer in Hollywood, has died at the age of 83. Miss Harrison died Aug. 14 in London, her...
