About Marjorie Carleton
Lived 1897 – 1964 (aged 66–67). Marjorie Carleton was a playwright.
Marjorie Carleton (1897 in Brockton, Massachusetts – 4 June 1964) was an American playwright and crime fiction novelist. Her best known work is Cry Wolf which was made into a 1947 film under the same title. She was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel in 1958 by the Mystery Writers of America for her suspense novel The Night of the Good Children.
Her plays included The Barretts, and The Bride Regrets.
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Who was Marjorie Carleton?
American playwright
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Marjorie Carleton was born in 1897.
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Marjorie Carleton died on 4 June 1964.
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Marjorie Carleton was a playwright.
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