Gwendolyn Logan was a

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-born American actress and screenwriter.

Career

Born in

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, British India, she co-wrote the 1916 British film '' East Is East'', and the 1920 American film, ''

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''. Acting roles included an uncredited Mrs. Courtland in the 1941 version of '' Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''.

Selected filmography (writer)

* '' East Is East'' (1916) *''Finger Prints'' (1920) (short) * ''

'' (1920)

Selected filmography (actress)

* ''

The Man from Blankley's ''The Man from Blankley's'' is a lost 1930 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Alfred E. Green. It starred John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based on the 1903 play by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, writing under the pseudonym "F. An ...

'' (1930) * ''

Once a Lady ''Once a Lady'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and starring Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello and Jill Esmond. The film, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is a remake of the Pola Negri silent fi ...

'' (1931) * ''

We Live Again ''We Live Again'' is a 1934 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Anna Sten and Fredric March. The film is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel ''Resurrection'' (''Voskraeseniye''). The screenplay was written by Maxwell Anderson with ...

'' (1934) * '' Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' (1941) * '' Rings on Her Fingers'' (1942)

Personal life

She was married twice, first to screenwriter Philip Hubbard. The couple had two children but divorced in 1921. In 1924, she married writer Conrad Seiler, with whom she remained married until his death.Profile
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, on October 26, 1967, aged 85, from undisclosed causes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, Gwendolyn 1881 births 1967 deaths American film actresses British expatriates in the United States 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American screenwriters British people in colonial India