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Joan Harrison

Joan Harrison

ActorProducerProductionWriter Jun 26 (died age 87) Guildford, Surrey, England, UK 1934–2021 (87 year career)
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Biography

Joan Harrison (20 June 1907 – 14 August 1994) was an English screenwriter and producer. She became the first female screenwriter to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar when the category was introduced in 1940, and was the first screenwriter to receive two Academy Award nominations in the same year in separate categories, for co-writing the screenplay for the films Foreign Correspondent (1940) (original) and Rebecca (1940) (adapted), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with whom sh…

Known For

Rebecca
Film

Rebecca

Screenplay
Suspicion
Film

Suspicion

Screenplay
Saboteur
Film

Saboteur

Screenplay
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Film

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Producer
Foreign Correspondent
Film

Foreign Correspondent

Screenplay
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Film

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Secretary (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Film

Phantom Lady

Associate Producer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Film

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Producer

Filmography