Nan Blair
A young white woman wearing a dark fabric cap with brim low over her brows, and a dark coat or wrap
Nan Blair, from a 1919 publication
Born
Clyte May Cosper

September 28, 1891
Dallas, Oregon, USA
DiedAugust 15, 1944(1944-08-15) (aged 52)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter
Spouses
  • Joseph Elizalde
  • Sheldon Ballinger
  • Benjamin Dailey

Nan Blair (September 28, 1891 – August 15, 1944), born Clyte Cosper, was an American screenwriter and literary agent active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.

Personal life

Blair was born in Dallas, Oregon, to Otis Cosper and Nettie Niece. Her first husband Joseph Elizalde[1] died in Santa Barbara in 1917, around the time she began writing screenplays in Hollywood.[2] She later married Sheldon Ballinger; their marriage that ended in divorce. Benjamin Dailey was her third husband; they were married until her death in Los Angeles in 1944.[3]

Career

By 1918, Blair headed up the script-reading department at Triangle Pictures, where she worked on shorts like A Dream of Egypt and A Prince for a Day.[4] She later headed Palmer Photoplays' manuscript sales department and was affiliated with Zeppo Marx Inc.[5] Her last known credit was on This Is the Life in 1935.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Santa Barbara". The Los Angeles Times. 9 January 1910. p. 41. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Dies Crossing the Mountains". The Los Angeles Times. 19 February 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mrs. Nan B. Dailey". The Los Angeles Times. 18 Aug 1944. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Triangle Tells Plans". The Los Angeles Times. 1 June 1918. p. 13. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Flashes". The Los Angeles Times. 18 October 1918. p. 17. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Macauley Feature Long in Producing" Motion Picture News (March 15, 1919): 1641. via Internet Archive


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