Olive Higgins Prouty(1882-1974)

Writer

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Olive Higgins Prouty was born on 10 January 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Olive Higgins was a writer, known for Une femme cherche son destin (1942), Stella Dallas (1937) and Le sacrifice de Stella Dallas (1925). Olive Higgins was married to Lewis I. Prouty. Olive Higgins died on 24 March 1974 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA.

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Known for

Bette Davis and Claude Rains in Une femme cherche son destin (1942)

Une femme cherche son destin

7.8

Writer

1942

Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles in Stella Dallas (1937)

7.4

Writer

1937

Belle Bennett in Le sacrifice de Stella Dallas (1925)

Le sacrifice de Stella Dallas

7.3

Writer

1925

Haine et passion (1952)

Haine et passion

6.6

TV Series

Writer

Credits

Writer

Stella
6.1
- novel "Stella Dallas"
- 1990
Haine et passion
6.6
TV Series
- certain characters created by
- 1981
Teledrama
TV Series
- novel
- 1956
Lux Video Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- novel
- 1956
Une femme cherche son destin
7.8
- from the novel by
- 1942
Stella Dallas
7.4
- novel
- 1937
Le sacrifice de Stella Dallas
7.3
- novel 'Stella Dallas', 1923
- 1925

Personal details

Born
- January 10, 1882
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died
- March 24, 1974
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA(natural causes)
Spouse
- Lewis I. ProutyJanuary 7, 1907 - 1951 (his death, 4 children)
Other works
Novel: "Now Voyager" (filmed as Une femme cherche son destin (1942))

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Trivia
Graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Provided the scholarship that allowed poet Sylvia Plath to attend Smith.

Salary
- Une femme cherche son destin
  (1942)
  $40 .000 (film rights)

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