Author: Catherine Turney
Alternate names: Catherine turney
Born: 26 December 1906
Died: 9 September 1998
Bio: Catherine Turney was a playwright, screenwriter, and author of biographies and historical novels. She started her writing career while at the Pasadena Playhouse. Her play *Bitter Harvest* was performed in London to good critical reviews. She had another hit with *My Dear Children* (1939) on Broadway. Turney later worked under contract at Warner Brothers, 1945-47, writing vehicles for the studio's strong female stars, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. She was active as a writer of teleplays from 1953 and retired ten years later to Sierra Madre, California.

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