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Erna Lazarus (June 16, 1903[1] – February 19, 2006)[2] was a screen and television writer[2] from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Erna Lazarus
Born	(1903-06-16)June 16, 1903 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	February 19, 2006(2006-02-19) (aged 102) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Screen and television writer

Lazarus, born in Boston, Massachusetts,[1] was one of the founding members of the Screen Writers Guild.[3] On her death, Variety credited her as "one of the first female screenwriters working steadily in the studio system."[4] She also had an influential role in the formation of the Interguild Federal Credit Union.[4]

Lazarus died on February 19, 2006, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 102.[2]

Selected filmography

• Hollywood or Bust (the last film featuring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin) - sole story and screen play[5]
• Flareup (starring Raquel Welch) - associate producer[5]
• Meet Me After the Show (starring Betty Grable) - original story[5]
• Moonlight in Hawaii[6]
• Double Date[6]
• Atlantic Flight[6]
• Let's Go Steady[7]
• The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
• Slightly Scandalous (1946)

Selected radio writing

• Mayor of the Town[8]

Selected TV writing

• Racket Squad[2]
• Mr. and Mrs. North [5]
• Petticoat Junction[5]
• Bewitched[5]
• Hawaiian Eye[5]
• Surfside Six[5]

References

External links

• Erna Lazarus at IMDb

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