May Romm
American screenwriter, educator, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May E. (Ginsberg) Romm (October 14, 1892 – October 15, 1977) was a Jewish American psychiatrist, Freudian psychoanalyst, educator, and author. After graduating and establishing a practice in New York, Romm moved to Hollywood in 1938 and influenced psychoanalytic infusion in American film. She was an expert on fetishism and exhibitionism and considered the most influential Hollywood Freudian of the mid-twentieth century.[1]
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May Romm | |
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Born | May Minnie Ethel Ginsburg (1892-10-14)October 14, 1892 Russia |
Died | October 15, 1977(1977-10-15) (aged 85) San Marino, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Screenwriter, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst |
Years active | 1925–1977 |
Spouse | Alexis Romm (m. 1928) |
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Romm had numerous notable clients including film mogul and producer David O. Selznick. and composer Artie Shaw. She pioneered psychoanalytic themes in films, worked on screenplays from a psychoanalytic approach, and worked with directors including Alfred Hitchcock.[2][3][4]