Florence Ryerson
(1892-1965)
American dramatist
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Florence Ryerson (September 20, 1892 – June 8, 1965) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and co-author of the script for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Between 1915 and 1927 she published more than 30 short stories and then joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1926 to work on silent film scripts. In 1930 and 1933 she and her husband wrote two of the earliest novels about the teenage years for girls. She continued to write for most of her life, writing plays for Broadway in the 1940s.
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Florence Ryerson 20 September 1892 Glendale, California
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8 June 1965 (aged 72) Mexico City, Mexico
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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