Muriel Roy Bolton (March 19, 1908 – March 4, 1983) was an American film and television writer active in the 1940s through the 1960s.
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Born | Muriel Roy March 19, 1908 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Died | March 4, 1983 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, USA |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
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Born Muriel Roy in Chicago, Illinois, to Camille Roy and Amanda Anderson, she attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before she moved to Hollywood.
In 1945, Bolton worked for Signet Films; she was paid $3000.[1] Her credits include a number of Henry Aldrich films, in addition to dozens of episodes of CBS's The Millionaire. She also wrote a number of plays[2] including Angels 'Round My Bed.[3][4]
In 1947, she published a novel titled The Golden Porcupine,[5] a historical romance set in 15th-century France.[6] Bolton also published stories in magazines including Redbook and Cosmopolitan.[7]
Her first marriage was to William Bolton; she later married educator Norman Mennes in 1957. She died of a heart attack in 1983 in her Los Feliz, Los Angeles, home.[8]