Ann Preston Bridgers

Anne Preston Bridgers (May 1, 1891 – May 3, 1967) was an American playwright, actress, and teacher.

Early years Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Bridgers was the daughter of Robert Rufus Bridgers, Jr., and Annie Preston Cain. She grew up in Adrian, Georgia. and was made into a 1929 film Coquette. The Theatre Club awarded the play Coquette as "the most pleasing play of 1927–28". After leaving Broadway, she moved back to Raleigh in 1933 after traveling around Europe. She was a member of the board of the Literary and Historical Association, an editor of the Survey of Federal Records, wrote for the Raleigh Times, and wrote for the News and Observer. She helped form the Raleigh Little Theatre.

Death Bridgers died on May 3, 1967, and was buried at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington.

Papers The Ann Preston Bridgers Papers, 1915-1946 are housed in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina. It contains "correspondence, writings, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and other materials" from Bridgers.