Muriel Roy Bolton (March 19, 1908 – March 4, 1983) was an American film and television writer active in the 1940s through the 1960s.

Biography

Born Muriel Roy in

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, Illinois, to Camille Roy and Amanda Anderson, she attended the

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before she moved to Hollywood. In 1945, Bolton worked for Signet Films; she was paid $3000. Her credits include a number of

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films, in addition to dozens of episodes of CBS's '' The Millionaire''. She also wrote a number of plays including ''Angels 'Round My Bed.'' In 1947, she published a novel titled ''The Golden Porcupine'', a historical romance set in 15th-century France. Bolton also published stories in magazines including ''Redbook'' and ''Cosmopolitan.'' Her first marriage was to William Bolton; she later married educator Norman Mennes in 1957. She died of a heart attack in 1983 in her

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, home.

Selected filmography

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Mystery in Mexico ''Mystery in Mexico'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Robert Wise. It stars William Lundigan, Jacqueline White and Ricardo Cortez. The film centers around the search for an insurance investigator who went to Mexico to check on ...

'' (1948) (story) * ''

The Amazing Mr. X ''The Amazing Mr. X'', also known as ''The Spiritualist'', is a 1948 American Horror film, horror Thriller film, thriller film noir directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. The film tells the story of a phony spiritualist ra ...

'' (1948) * ''Mickey'' (1948) * ''

My Name Is Julia Ross ''My Name Is Julia Ross'' is a 1945 American gothic film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and starring Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, and George Macready. Its plot follows a young woman in England who is hired as a live-in secretary for an ailing ...

'' (1945) * ''

Grissly's Millions ''Grissly's Millions'' is a 1945 American mystery film directed by John English and written by Muriel Roy Bolton. The film stars Paul Kelly, Virginia Grey, Don Douglas, Elisabeth Risdon, Robert Barrat and Clem Bevans. The film was released o ...

'' (1945) * ''

Meet Miss Bobby Socks ''Meet Miss Bobby Socks'' is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Glenn Tryon and starring Bob Crosby and Lynn Merrick. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on October 12, 1944. Cast *Bob Crosby as Don Collins *Lynn Merrick as He ...

'' (1944) * '' She's a Sweetheart'' (1944) * ''Henry Plays Cupid'' (1944) * ''

You Can't Ration Love ''You Can't Ration Love'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Lester Fuller and written by Val Burton and Hal Fimberg. The film stars Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnnie Johnston, Marjorie Weaver, Johnnie Davis, Marie Wilson and Bill Edwards. ...

'' (1944) (story) * ''

Passport to Destiny ''Passport to Destiny'' is a 1944 RKO Radio Pictures war film, starring Elsa Lanchester as an English charwoman who, believing herself invulnerable by being protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adol ...

'' (1944) * '' Henry: Boy Scout'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1943) * ''

The Good Fellows ''The Good Fellows'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Jo Graham and written by Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Howard Snyder. The film stars Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker, Mabel Paige, James Brown, Patti Hale and Kathleen Lockhart. The film was r ...

'' (1943) (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) * ''

Henry Aldrich, Editor ''Henry Aldrich, Editor'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Hugh Bennett and written by Muriel Roy Bolton and Val Burton. The film stars Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney, Rita Quigley and Vaughan Glaser. The film ...

'' (1942) * ''

This Time for Keeps ''This Time for Keeps'' is a 1947 American romantic musical film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Johnnie Johnston and opera singer Lauritz Melchior. Produced by MGM, it is about a soldier, returning home ...

'' (1942)

References

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