Agnes Parsons (born Jenny Parsons) was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era. She also taught and wrote about writing after she stopped writing for the silver screen.

Biography

Agnes was born in Burlington, Iowa, to William Parsons and Grace Priddy. She moved to Oregon as a young woman before moving to Los Angeles. By 1917, she was working as a scenario writer for

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's studio, although she wasn't credited on her earliest scripts. Her first known credit was on 1920's ''The Crucifix of Destiny''. After she stopped writing screenplays in the early 1930s, she worked as a teacher. Agnes died on December 7, 1970, in Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

* '' Jewels of Desire'' (1927) * ''Josselyn's Wife'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' Vengeance of the Deep'' (1923) * '' The Fast Mail'' (1922) * '' Chain Lightning'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1920)

References

American screenwriters American women screenwriters Screenwriters from Iowa People from Burlington, Iowa 1884 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women {{US-screen-writer-1880s-stub