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Abbie Jean MacPherson (May 18, 1886 [1] – August 26, 1946) was an American silent actress, writer and director. She is known for her collaborations with directors D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, and was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
Jeanie Macpherson. Actress: The Merchant of Venice. Born in Boston to Evangeline Tomlinson and John Sinclair Macpherson. Jeanie Macperson was educated at Madame de Facq's school in Paris, the Kenwood Institute in Chicago and took dancing lessons from Theodore Kosloff.
Aug 18, 2021 · Script contributor Dr. Rosanne Welch shines a light on Jeanie Macpherson, a trailblazing screenwriter from the silent era who would eventually come to write a bulk of famed Hollywood mogul Cecil B. DeMille's box office hits.
Jeanie Macpherson. Actress: The Merchant of Venice. Born in Boston to Evangeline Tomlinson and John Sinclair Macpherson. Jeanie Macperson was educated at Madame de Facq's school in Paris, the Kenwood Institute in Chicago and took dancing lessons from Theodore Kosloff.
Jeanie Macpherson is best known as Cecil B. DeMille’s screenwriter since she collaborated exclusively with the director-producer from 1915 through the silent era and into the sound era, in a working relationship lasting fifteen years.
Oct 15, 2019 · Jeanie Macpherson is best known as Cecil B. DeMille’s screenwriter since she collaborated exclusively with the director-producer from 1915 through the silent era and into the sound era, in a working relationship lasting fifteen years.
A pioneer in the movie industry, Jeanie Macpherson was one of the first women to become a screenwriter and director. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1884, she was initially a dancer and stage performer, then began acting in films in 1908, appealing directly to D.W. Griffith for her first role.
