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Marion Brooks

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Marion Brooks
BornJanuary 21, 1896
Chicago, Illinois, USA
DiedJuly 11, 1987(1987-07-11) (aged 91)
California, USA
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, actress
SpouseRobert McKinney

Marion Brooks (1896–1987) was an American actress, entertainment journalist, and screenwriter active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was a cousin of film producer Adolph Zukor's wife.[1]

Biography

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Marion was born in Illinois to Nathaniel Brooks and Catherine Adler. She began working as an actress in Hollywood in the early 1910s, and went on to forge a career as a screenwriter. She met and married actor Robert McKinney (who went by the name Russell Richie professionally) on a film set in 1923.[1] From the late 1920s and into the 1940s, she was head of Paramount's fan-mail department.[2] She also worked as an entertainment journalist; he writing appeared in film magazines like Screenland.

Selected filmography

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As screenwriter

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As actress

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Screen Couple Engaged, Wed at Lunch". The Los Angeles Times. 3 May 1923. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. ^ "War Effects Fan Mail". The San Francisco Examiner. 2 Mar 1940. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. ^ "Florence Turner in 'Her Diary'". The Fresno Morning Republican. 10 Jul 1912. Retrieved 2019-12-28.