Mary Loos

Mary Loos (May 6, 1910 – October 11, 2004) was an American actress, screenwriter, TV writer, and novelist. She was occasionally credited under her full name, Mary Anita Loos.

Born in San Diego, she was the daughter of Dr. Clifford Loos, co-founder of the Ross-Loos Medical Clinic and the Ross-Loos Medical Group, the first health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States. She was the niece of screenwriter Anita Loos.

Mary Loos died in Monterey, California, aged 94, due to complications following a stroke. She began her career as a publicist in New York before moving out to the West Coast and working as a screenwriter in 1941. She and her first husband, Richard Sale, wrote about 20 successful screenplays together before divorcing. After working with her husband, Loos continued in the written field. She became a story editor for Mike Frankovich Productions. She was both co-creator and one of the writers for Yancy Derringer (1958-1959), an American Western TV series. Bantam Books also published some of her novels. In her lifetime she wrote four total: "The Beggars Are Coming," "Belinda," "Barstow Legend" and "Pride of Lovers."

Second marriage Later in life, she married Carl von Saltza, whom she had met decades earlier while attending Stanford University and had previously been engaged to.

Selected filmography and written screenplays

Over-Exposed (1956) Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) Woman's World (1954) The French Line (1953) Let's Do It Again (1953) Meet Me After the Show (1951) I'll Get By (1950) A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Father Was a Fullback (1949) Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) Mother Is a Freshman (1949) The Dude Goes West (1948) The Inside Story (1948) Driftwood (1947) Hit Parade of 1947 (1947) Calendar Girl (1947) Rendezvous with Annie (1946)

Works Anita Loos Rediscovered: Film Treatments and Fiction by Anita Loos, Creator of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Author: Anita Loos Editors: Cari Beauchamp, Mary Loos Publisher : University of California Press, 2003