Gladys Atwater (born Gladys Valerga, 1899 – 1988) was an American screenwriter active from the 1930s through the 1950s. She was sometimes credited as G.V. Atwater.

Biography

Gladys was one of five daughters born to Thomas Valerga and Hannah Surphlis in Oakland, California. Valerga attended Oakland High School, and graduated from the school in June 1917. In Oakland, she married Curtiss Atwater in 1922. By 1940, Gladys had obtained a divorce and moved to Beverly Hills, where she began working for film studios. Her first known contribution while under contract at RKO was to the 1937 screenplay for ''

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'', which she co-wrote with Tom Lennon. Through the 1960s, she continued working, often collaborating with writer-producer (and second husband)

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. Together, they had a company called Bremex and worked on more than 60 scripts and stories together.

Selected filmography

* '' The Treasure of Pancho Villa'' (1955) * '' Overland Pacific'' (1954) * '' The Great Sioux Uprising'' (1953) * '' El Paso'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1945) * '' American Empire'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' In Old California'' (1942) * '' Argentine Nights'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Five Little Peppers and How They Grew'' (1939) * '' Crime Ring'' (1938) * '' This Marriage Business'' (1938) * '' Crashing Hollywood'' (1938) *''

'' (1937) (as G.V. Atwater) *'' The Man Who Found Himself'' (1937) (as G.V. Atwater)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atwater, Gladys American women screenwriters Writers from Oakland, California 20th-century American women writers 1899 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters