Dorothy Arzner
Known for Directing
Details
Birthday: January 03, 1897
Deathday: October 01, 1979
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. From 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. Additionally, she was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and launched the careers of a number of Hollywood actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, and Lucille Ball. Additionally, Arzner was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America and the first woman to direct a sound film.
Actress
Director
1944
1943
1943
1940
1937
1936
1934
1933
1931
1931
1930
1930
1930
1930
1929
1929
1928
1927
1927
Writer
1924