Dorothy Arzner

Dorothy Arzner

director, editor, writer

Dorothy Arzner was born on Jan 03, 1897 in USA. Dorothy Arzner's big-screen debut came with Too Much Johnson directed by Donald Crisp in 1919. Dorothy Arzner is known for Craig's Wife directed by Dorothy Arzner, Rosalind Russell stars as Harriet Craig and John Boles as Walter Craig. The most recent award Dorothy Arzner achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Dorothy Arzner plays is First Comes Courage which will be released on Jul 29, 1943.

Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood's studio system--from the 1920s to the early 1940s and the woman director with the largest oeuvre in Hollywood to this day--was born January 3, 1897 (some sources put the year as 1900), in San Francisco, California, to a German-American father and a Scottish mother. Raised in Los Angeles, her parents ran a café which featured German cuisine and which was frequented by silent film stars including:

  • Birthday

    Jan 03, 1897
  • Place of Birth

    San Francisco, California, USA