Emma Bell Clifton was a screenwriter during the

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era in the United States. She wrote for various studios, including

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and

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. Her husband was screenwriter Wallace C. Clifton. The pair had a daughter, Emma Clifton Bucci, who worked as an actress from around 1913 to 1917. Emma Bell Clifton died from a heart attack at her home in Los Angeles on August 3, 1922. She was living at the Virginia Apartments on

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after recently moving to Hollywood to serve as

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's agent.(4 August 1922)
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The Little Diplomat ''The Little Diplomat'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Marie Osborne, Lydia Knott and William Welsh.Connelly p.376 Cast * Marie Osborne as Little Marie * Lydia Knott as Mrs. Bradley West * Willia ...

'' (1919) *'' Silkless Banknote'' (1920) *'' The Blue Pearl'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1921)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clifton, Emma Bell 1874 births 1922 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women writers American women screenwriters Screenwriters from Pennsylvania Writers from Pennsylvania