Elizabeth Beecher | |
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| Born | (1898-02-19)February 19, 1898 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA |
| Died | March 8, 1973(1973-03-08) (aged 75) Burbank, California, USA |
| Education | Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Elizabeth Beecher was an American screenwriter best known for her work on Western-themed movies and television shows in the 1940s and 1950s.
Beecher was born inBridgeport, Connecticut, and is a descendant ofHarriet Beecher Stowe, author of the bookUncle Tom's Cabin. She graduated fromSyracuse University in 1920 with majors in English and history.[1]
Beecher worked as a news reporter and writer for theSyracuse Journal,San Francisco Chronicle, and theNew York American.[1] She moved toHollywood in 1937, where she took up work as a freelance writer. She began writing screenplays for Western film producers as well as television shows such asLassie andThe Gene Autry Show.[1]
Outside of film, Beecher wrote comic and children's books, including adaptions ofTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas andTonka[2] for theWalt Disney Company.[1] Additional writings included a cookbook of early American family recipes, seven Little Golden Books, four Big Golden Books, andThe Bar-Twenty Cowboy, a book selected for inclusion in the Children's Library at theBritish Museum.[1] She also rewrote or ghost wrote more than 100 manuscripts.[1]
Beecher died on March 3, 1973, inBurbank, California. She was survived by her son, Guy Snowden Miller; her sister, Dorothy Shidler; her grandson, Gene; and her granddaughter, Kerry.[1]
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