G. Marion Burton (born Gertrude Hopkins, and also known by her married name, Gertrude Bergen) was an American screenwriter, reporter, and playwright active during Hollywood's silent era.
G. Marion Burton | |
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| Born | Gertrude Marion L. Hopkins June 8, 1875 Stillwater, Minnesota, USA |
| Died | January 3, 1952 New York, New York, USA |
| Education | Emerson College |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, reporter |
| Spouse(s) | Henry Bergen |
Burton was born into an affluent family in Stillwater, Minnesota, and raised primarily in San Francisco. She was the only child of Jesse Pease Hopkins and Ella Clewell.[1] She was educated at the Irving Institute in San Francisco, and eventually graduated from Emerson College in Boston.[2]
As a writer, her work appeared in publications like Parisienne, Collier's Smart Set, Town and Country, and Vanity Fair, and she also wrote a number of screenplays for director E.H. Griffith.[1][3] Her weekly column called "Broadway Silhouettes" ran in several newspapers.[1]
She married Henry Hannah Bergen in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York.[4] The pair resided at the Grand Hotel in Manhattan.[2]
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