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Ketti Frings
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Biography
Early years
Born Katherine Hartley in Columbus, Ohio, Frings attended Principia College, began her career as a copywriter, and went on to work as a feature writer for United Press International.Career
In 1941 her novel Hold Back the Dawn was adapted for the screen. The resulting movie was directed by Mitchell Leisen and starred Olivia de Havilland and Charles Boyer. She wrote her first Broadway play, Mr. Sycamore, in 1942. The play featured Lillian Gish and Stuart Erwin in the lead roles.Her Hollywood screenplays include Guest in the House (1944), The File on Thelma Jordon (1950), Come Back, Little Sheba (1952), About Mrs. Leslie (1954), The Shrike (1955), and Foxfire (1955).Frings adapted the Thomas Wolfe novel Look Homeward, Angel into a play of the same name that opened on Broadway in 1957 and ran for 564 performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. It received six Tony Award nominationsWEB, Look Homeward, AngelâAwards,weblink Internet Broadway Database, 29 May 2020, and Frings won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1958."Drama". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-12. She was named "Woman of the Year" by The Los Angeles Times in the same year.Personal life
Frings was married to film agent Kurt Frings from 1938 to October 31, 1958.WEB, 18 Nov 1958, Page 5 - Corsicana Daily Sun at Newspapers.com,weblink 2021-07-20, Newspapers.com, en, The couple had two children, Kathie and Peter. She died of cancer in Los Angeles.Bibliography
- Hold Back the Dawn (novel), 1940
- Mr. Sycamore (play), 1942
- God's Front Porch (novel), 1944
- Look Homeward, Angel (play), 1957
- The Long Dream (play), 1960
- Walking Happy (play), 1966
References
{{reflist}}Sources
- NEWS, Joan Cook, Ketti Frings, Stage and Film Writer,weblink The New York Times, 13 February 1981, 2008-12-15,
- Contemporary Authors Online Gale, 2004.
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