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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Scope and Content
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Anne Edwards papers
Creator:
Edwards, Anne
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1080
Physical Description:
1 unknown
(66 boxes, 8 cartons, and 4 oversize boxes)
Date: circa 1965
Abstract: Anne Edwards (1927- ) was a freelance film and television writer, and an author. Her published work includes
The survivors (1968),
Shadow of a Lion (1971),
Haunted summer (1972),
Judy Garland: a biography (1975),
Vivien Leigh: a biography (1976),
Sonya: the life of Countess Tolstoy (1981),
Shirley Temple, American princess (1988),
Early Reagan (1987), and
The DeMilles, an American family (1988). The collection consists of Edwards' literary manuscripts, galleys, screenplays, research materials and notes, correspondence,
interviews, videocassettes, tape transcriptions, photographs and negatives, publicity material, newspapers, magazines, and
a poster.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Anne Edwards Papers (Collection 1080). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anne Edwards, 1969- .
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Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, 1988. Additions by Inger-lise McMillan, 2001.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Edwards was born August 20, 1927 in Portchester, New York; attended UCLA (1943-46) and Southern Methodist University (1947-48);
was a child performer on the stage; junior writer, MGM, 1944; freelance film writer in Hollywood, 1950-54; freelance film
and television writer in England and Europe, 1954-72; wrote many works of fiction and biography, including
The survivors (1968),
Shadow of a Lion (1971),
Haunted summer (1972),
Judy Garland: a biography (1975),
Vivien Leigh: a biography (1976),
Sonya: the life of Countess Tolstoy (1981),
The Road to Tara: the life of Margaret Mitchell (1983),
Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor (1984), and
A remarkable woman: a biography of Katharine Hepburn (1985),
Shirley Temple, American princess (1988),
Early Reagan (1987),
The DeMilles, an American family (1988).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Anne Edwards' literary manuscripts, galleys, screenplays, research materials and notes, correspondence,
interviews, videocassettes, tape transcriptions, photographs and negatives, publicity material, newspapers, magazines, and
a poster. Includes materials for biographies of film stars, and records and correspondence with the Author's league, Authors'
guild, and Dramatist's guild.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women screenwriters -- California -- Archives.
Women novelists, American -- Archives.
Women biographers -- California -- Archives.
Edwards, Anne
Edwards, Anne -- Archives