Marion Brooks

Marion Brooks (1896-1987) was an American actress, entertainment journalist, and screenwriter active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was a cousin of film producer Adolph Zukor's wife.[1]

Not to be confused with actor Marion A. Brooks.
Marion Brooks
BornJanuary 21, 1896
Chicago, Illinois, USA
DiedJuly 11, 1987(1987-07-11) (aged 91)
California, USA
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, actress
SpouseRobert McKinney

Biography

Marion was born in Illinois to Nathaniel Brooks and Catherine Adler. She began working as an actress in Hollywood in the early 1910s, and went on to forge a career as a screenwriter. She met and married actor Robert McKinney (who went by the name Russell Richie professionally) on a film set in 1923.[1] From the late 1920s and into the 1940s, she was head of Paramount's fan-mail department.[2] She also worked as an entertainment journalist; he writing appeared in film magazines like Screenland.

Selected filmography

As screenwriter
  • The Trail of the Law (1924)
  • Do and Dare (1922)
  • The Man Who Paid (1922)
  • Ashes (1913)
  • Old Mammy's Charge (1913)
  • The Judge's Vindication (1913)
  • A Jolly Good Fellow (1913)
  • The Fires of Conscience (1912)
  • The Winner and the Spoils (1912)
  • The Passer-By (1912)
  • The Heir Apparent (1912)
  • Freezing Auntie (1912)
  • Her Diary (1912)[3]

As actress
  • Martin Chuzzlewit (1912)
  • Freezing Auntie (1912)
  • Uncle Hiram's List (1911)

References
  1. "Screen Couple Engaged, Wed at Lunch". The Los Angeles Times. 3 May 1923. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. "War Effects Fan Mail". The San Francisco Examiner. 2 Mar 1940. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. "Florence Turner in 'Her Diary'". The Fresno Morning Republican. 10 Jul 1912. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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