Kay Van Riper

Kay Van Riper

writer

Kay Van Riper was born on Nov 06, 1907 in USA. Kay Van Riper's big-screen debut came with A Family Affair directed by George B. Seitz in 1937.

Kay Van Riper was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1908. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in education. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1929 and began writing for and acting in local radio programs. After recuperating from a car accident, she went to work for MGM in the late 1930s as a scriptwriter, with her first film being one of Mickey Rooney's "Andy Hardy" series, A Family Affair (1937). She also wrote the scripts for several of MGM's most well-known musicals, such as Babes in Arms (1939) and Strike Up the Band (1940). She died in 1948.

  • Birthday

    Nov 06, 1907
  • Place of Birth

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA