Hettie Gray Baker

Hettie Gray Baker (July 12, 1880 – November 14, 1957) was an American film editor.

Biography Born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Josiah Q. Baker and his wife Lizzie A. Chipman, Hettie attended public high school in Hartford before undertaking a special course of study at Simmons College in Boston. She was employed at the Hartford Public Library during 1900–03, where she began writing movie scenarios during her spare moments. She sold her first story, titled, Treasure Trove, to Vitagraph Studios. for $20 , and continued to write and sell freelance works for the next six years.