About Vy Russell
Lived 1915 – 1998 (aged 82). Vy Russell was a screenwriter.
Vy Russell (born Violet Donnelly, 9 August 1915 – 5 January 1998) was an American screenwriter, producer, and TV writer who worked primarily in the science-fiction genre during the 1950s and 1960s. A native Texan, she was married to cinematographer John L. Russell of Wisberg-Pollexfen Productions.
Selected filmography
Monstrosity (1963) Indestructible Man (1956) The Gene Autry Show (TV) (1951; one episode)
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American screenwriter
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Vy Russell was born on 9 August 1915.
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Vy Russell died on 5 January 1998.
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Vy Russell was a screenwriter.
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