Tess Slesinger(1905-1945)

Writer

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Tess Slesinger was born on 16 July 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Le Lys de Brooklyn (1945), L'inconnue du palace (1937) and Madame exagère (1942). She was married to Frank Davis and Herbert Solow. She died on 21 February 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

Known for

Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Ted Donaldson, Peggy Ann Garner, Dorothy McGuire, and Lloyd Nolan in Le Lys de Brooklyn (1945)

Le Lys de Brooklyn

8.0

Writer

1945

L'inconnue du palace (1937)

L'inconnue du palace

6.3

Writer

1937

Madame exagère (1942)

Madame exagère

5.7

Writer

1942

Claudette Colbert and John Payne in Adieu jeunesse (1941)

7.1

Writer

1941

Credits

Writer

L'arbre de ma jeunesse
7.0
TV Movie
- Writer (1945 screenplay)
- 1974
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
7.0
TV Series
- screenplay
- 1957
Claudia and David
6.3
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1946
Le Lys de Brooklyn
8.0
- screen play
- 1945
Madame exagère
5.7
- screenplay
- 1942
Adieu jeunesse
7.1
- screenplay
- 1941
Chantez, dansez, mes belles!
6.8
- screen play by
- 1940
Orgueil et préjugés
7.4
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1940
Pensionnat de jeunes filles
5.9
- original story
- screen play
- 1938
L'inconnue du palace
6.3
- screen play by
- 1937
La terre chinoise
7.5
- screen play
- 1937
La fièvre des Tropiques
5.7
- contributor to dialogue (uncredited)
- 1936

Personal details

Born
- July 16, 1905
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- February 21, 1945
- Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
Spouses
Other works
Book of short stories: "On Being Told That Her Second Husband Has Taken His First Lover And Other Stories",

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Trivia
Mother of Peter Davis, who is the writer, filmmaker and director of the Academy Award-winning documentary Le coeur et l'esprit (1974), and Jane Davis, a wellness and mind-body specialist.

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