Elizabeth Reinhardt (née Neely) (sometimes credited as Betty Reinhardt) was an American screenwriter and TV writer known for films like Laura (for which she and her co-writers were nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar).
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| Born | Mariam Elizabeth Neely March 21, 1909 Ohio, USA |
| Died | January 21, 1954(1954-01-21) (aged 44) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, TV writer |
Elizabeth was born to Milton Neely (a mechanical engineer) and Vera McCabe in 1909, the eldest of three children.
After graduating from DePauw University,[1] she began her career writing three Spanish-language films: La Buenaventura (1934), The Singer of Naples (1935) and Angelina o el Honor de un Brigadier (1935). She then sold Pardon Our Nerve to 20th Century Fox. She'd later work on English-language films like Laura (1944), Cluny Brown (1946), and Give My Regards to Broadway (1948).[2]
Reinhardt was married to John Reinhardt, who directed Spanish-language films at Fox.[1]
She moved in writing for TV in the 1950s, and died in 1954 at the age of 44 after a lengthy illness.[3]
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