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Czenzi Ormonde (March 3, 1906 – July 24, 2004) was an American novelist and screenwriter. After moving as a teenager to Los Angeles, she worked at several Hollywood studios as a secretary, working with Samuel Goldwyn. There, she started writing and publishing short stories in magazines.
Aug 14, 2004 · Czenzi Ormonde of Hayden, who wrote two novels, countless magazine pieces and several screenplays, died July 24 of complications from a broken hip. She was 98.
Czenzi Ormonde was born on 3 March 1906 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. Czenzi was a writer, known for Strangers on a Train (1951), Step Down to Terror (1958) and 77 Sunset Strip (1958). Czenzi was married to Frederic Ormonde and Art Heinemann. Czenzi died on 24 July 2004 in Hayden, Idaho, USA.
- Writer
- March 3, 1906
- Czenzi Ormonde
- July 24, 2004
Czenzi Ormonde. Biography. When writer Ben Hecht proved to be unavailable to work on Strangers on a Train, he recommended Czenzi Ormonde to Hitchcock. At the time, she worked for Sam Goldwyn as a dialogue writer. Although the film credits the screen play to Raymond Chandler and Ormonde, Chandler's contribution to the final material was minimal.
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Ben Hecht was next on the filmmaker’s list, but “the Hollywood screenwriter” was too busy and suggested his assistant Czenzi Ormonde, who had recently published a critically acclaimed collection of short stories called ‘Laughter From Downstairs.’
Czenzi (pronounced Chen-zee, with the accent on Chen) Ormonde was born in Tacoma in 1906 and moved to Los Angeles as a teenager. But she spent her last 57 years living in Hayden Lake. She wrote there when she wasn’t writing in Hollywood.
