by Sandra Brennan
biography
American screenwriter and short-story writer Sally Benson began her writing career submitting articles and film reviews for the New York Morning Telegraph. Prior to that she had been a bank teller. She also had stories published in The New Yorker, occasionally under the pen name Esther Evarts. Two of her short stories, "Junior Miss" and "Meet Me in St. Louis" were made into popular films. During the early 1940s Benson became a full-fledged screenwriter.
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The Singing Nun
Screenwriter |
1966 | |||
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Joy in the Morning
Screenwriter |
1965 | |||
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Signpost to Murder
Screenwriter |
1964 | |||
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Viva Las Vegas
Screenwriter |
1964 | |||
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Summer Magic
Screenwriter |
1963 | |||
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Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
Teleplay By |
1958 | |||
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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The Belle of New York
Screenwriter |
1952 | |||
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No Man of Her Own
Screenwriter |
1950 | |||
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Come to the Stable
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Conspirator
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Anna and the King of Siam
Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Junior Miss
Book Author, Short Story Author |
1945 | |||
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Meet Me in St. Louis
Book Author |
1944 | |||
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Shadow of a Doubt
Screenwriter |
1943 |

