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American screenwriter and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beatrice Banyard was an American screenwriter and actress active in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Beatrice Banyard | |
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![]() Banyard in 1928 theatre production 'The Scarlet Fox' | |
Born | Beatrice Frances Banyard February 11, 1897 Spring Valley, Iowa, USA |
Died | February 1, 1968 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California USA |
Other names | Beatrice Beebe |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, actress |
Years active | 1929–1933 |
Spouse | Willard Mack |
Beatrice was born in Spring Valley, Iowa, to A.T. Banyard and Ida Burnett, the second of two daughters. She grew up primarily in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was a well-known society girl.[1] She began acting in plays in the area as a young teenager.[2]
She married John Stone in 1917; the pair had two children but were soon divorced.[3][4] After the split, she began a career on the stage, at which point she was reacquainted with playwright, film director, and actor Willard Mack, whom she met when she was 12.[5][6] He made her his fourth (and final) wife in 1927.[7] She left him soon afterward, but the pair reconciled and remained married until his death in 1934.[8]
She continued acting through the 1920s and early 1930s,[9] and around 1931, she began writing film scenarios after she and Mack moved to Los Angeles, where he was contracted by MGM as a writer.[10] She also appeared in a few films as an actress, including What Price Innocence? and The Voice of the City, both of which Mack directed.[11][12]
She enjoyed car-racing, and was noted as one of the best women racers in the U.S. She also held a number of dirt-track records on the West Coast.[13][9]
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