Molly Kazan
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Mary "Molly" Kazan the daughter of Alfred Beaumont Thacher and Emma Cecelia Erkenbrecher and the granddaughter of Thomas Anthony Thacher
and Elizabeth Day; she was an American playwright and the first wife of the acclaimed, but controversial film director Elia Kazan
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following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was only 56 years old
She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan
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Thomas Anthony Thacher
Thomas Anthony Thacher, , classicist and college administrator.-Early life:Thomas A. Thacher was born in Hartford, Conn., the son of Peter and Anne Thacher...
and Elizabeth Day; she was an American playwright and the first wife of the acclaimed, but controversial film director Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan was an American director and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". Born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to Greek parents originally from Kayseri in Anatolia, the family emigrated...
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Works
Mary (or Molly) Day Thacher, as she was known professionally, wrote the following plays:- a) The Egghead
- b) Rosemary
- c) The Alligator
Death
She died on December 14, 1963 in Bellevue Hospital in New York CityNew York City
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following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was only 56 years old
She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan
Nicholas Kazan
Nicholas Kazan is an American writer, producer and director. He is the son of director Elia Kazan and his first wife, playwright Mary Day Thacher Kazan. He married Robin Swicord, a writer, producer, actress, and director in 1984. His daughter is the actress Zoe Kazan.Kazan, also a noted...
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Sources
- Who’s Who of American Women, 1st ad. (1958- 59), p. 679 (re Molly Thacher Kazan)
- Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year Ending July 1, 1928, pp. 58-59 (re Alfred Beaumont Thacher) - Biographical and Historical Record of the Class of 1835 in Yale College for the Fifty Years from the Admission of the Class to College (1881), pp. 165-68 (re Thomas Anthony ThacherThomas Anthony ThacherThomas Anthony Thacher, , classicist and college administrator.-Early life:Thomas A. Thacher was born in Hartford, Conn., the son of Peter and Anne Thacher...
) - C.T. Cobb, L.E. Thacher, & D.W. Allen, Genealogy and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher (1872), pp. 12-15.
External links
- http://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/NEXUS/notable_kin_new_england_in_hollywood_part_ii_beh_659_90533.asp?print=1 Notable Kin: New England in Hollywood, Part II: Behind the Scenes