Frederica Sagor Maas
Appearance
Frederica Sagor Maas | |
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Born | |
Died | January 5, 2012 La Mesa, California, United States | (aged 111)
Occupation(s) | Playwright, screenwriter, essayist and author |
Years active | 1918 – 1950 |
Spouse(s) | Ernest Maas married 1927-1986 (his death) |
Frederica Alexandrina Sagor Maas (/ˌfrɛdəˈrikə səˈɡɔːr mæs/; July 6, 1900 – January 5, 2012) was an American playwright, screenwriter, essayist and author. She was the youngest daughter of Russian immigrants. She wrote for the film The Plastic Age, which helped with making Clara Bow well known. During the time of McCarthyism, Maas and her husband got into trouble because they read some works of Communism. She wrote an autobiography called The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Frederica Sagor Maas on IMDb
- Video of Frederica Sagor Maas at 100 Archived 2008-10-31 at the Wayback Machine from Reverie Productions
- Interview with Frederica Sagor Maas at age 99 Archived 2008-10-30 at the Wayback Machine