Mary H. O'Connor

She was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1872, the daughter of Thomas O'Connor and Bridget Nash. She came from a big family (which included a sister, Loyola O'Connor, who became an actress), and grew up in Minnesota, Oregon, and New York.[1]

She began her career as a magazine and newspaper journalist in New York before Hollywood came calling.[2][3] By 1913, she was living in Santa Monica and churning out scripts as a rapid pace under contract at Vitagraph. At the time, she said she hoped to become a director.[4] Eventually, she was named chief of Triangle-Fine Arts' scenario department. She'd also work at Mutual and Famous Players–Lasky.[5][6]

In 1921, she left Hollywood to work at Paramount's then-new London studio, where she worked on scripts for films like Dangerous Lies and The Mystery Road.[7] She retired from screenwriting to work on creative fiction after those films.

• The Lure of the Mask (1915)
• The Lonesome Heart (1915)
• Up from the Depths (1915)
• A Yankee from the West (1915)
• Infatuation (1915)
• The Penitentes (1915)
• Cross Currents (1916)
• Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916)
• The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
• Intolerance (1916)
• Nina, the Flower Girl (1917)
• A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
• Cheerful Givers (1917)
• Souls Triumphant (1917)
• The Sins of Roseanne (1920)
• The Mystery Road (1921)
• Dangerous Lies (1921)

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