A tiny, vivacious blonde, American actress/screenwriter Bess Meredyth entered films as an extra in 1914. She developed into a comedy ingenue, appearing in the Bess one-reeler series of the mid teens. Upon marrying actor Wilfred Lucas, she retired from acting to concentrate on writing; she also co-directed a film with her husband, Morgan's Raiders (1918). After an acrimonious split-up with Lucas, Bess married director Michael Curtiz. Bess' most famous screenplays include Don Juan (1926), Ben-Hur (1926), A Woman of Affairs (1928) and The Mighty Barnum (1934). Bess Meredyth was the mother of writer-director John Meredyth Lucas, of Mannix fame.
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The Unsuspected
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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That Night in Rio
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
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The Mark of Zorro
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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The Great Hospital Mystery
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Charlie Chan at the Opera
Screen Story |
1936 | |||
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Half Angel
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Folies Bergère
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Metropolitan
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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The Affairs of Cellini
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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The Iron Duke
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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The Mighty Barnum
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Looking Forward
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Strange Interlude
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Laughing Sinners
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The Cuban Love Song
Screen Story |
1931 | |||
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The Phantom of Paris
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The Prodigal
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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West of Broadway
Screen Story |
1931 | |||
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In Gay Madrid
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Our Blushing Brides
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Romance
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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The Sea Bat
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Chasing Rainbows
Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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Wonder of Women
Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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A Woman of Affairs
Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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The Mysterious Lady
Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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The Scarlet Lady
Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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Irish Hearts
Screenwriter |
1927 | |||
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Magic Flame
Screenwriter |
1927 | |||
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Rose of the Golden West
Screenwriter |
1927 | |||
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When a Man Loves
Screenwriter |
1927 | |||
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Don Juan
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
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The Sea Beast
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Love Hour
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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The Red Lily
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Thy Name Is Woman
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Strangers of the Night
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Das Lied vom Leben
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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One Clear Call
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Rose O' the Sea
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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The Dangerous Age
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Woman He Married
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Morgan's Raiders
Director |
1918 | |||
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The Red, Red Heart
Screenwriter |
1918 | |||
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The Romance of Tarzan
Screenwriter |
1918 | |||
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Pay Me
Screenwriter |
1917 | |||
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Scandal
Screenwriter |
1917 |

