Biography

Bess Streeter Aldrich(1881-1954)

Writer

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Bess Streeter Aldrich was born on 17 February 1881 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. She was a writer, known for The Woman Who Was Forgotten (1929), Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) and The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983). She was married to Charles S. Aldrich. She died on 3 August 1954 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.

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Known for

The Woman Who Was Forgotten

Writer

1929

William Gargan and Martha Scott in Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Cheers for Miss Bishop

6.4

Writer

1941

The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983)

The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

6.6

TV Movie

Writer

1983

Nancy McKeon, Lucy Deakins, Jeremy London, and Adrian Pasdar in A Mother's Gift (1995)

A Mother's Gift

6.4

TV Movie

Writer

1995

Credits

Writer

A Mother's Gift
6.4
TV Movie
- book "A Lantern in Her Hand"
- 1995
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
6.6
TV Movie
- novella "The Silent Stars Go By"
- 1983
Cheers for Miss Bishop
6.4
- novel "Miss Bishop"
- 1941
The Woman Who Was Forgotten
- story
- 1929

Personal details

Born
- February 17, 1881
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Died
- August 3, 1954
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Spouse
- Charles S. Aldrich1907 - 1925 (his death, 4 children)
Other works
Unsold pilot: A comedy pilot for a TV series was shot based on her novel "Cheers for Miss Bishop".It was to star Jan Clayton.
Publicity listings
- 8 Print Biographies

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Nicknames
- Margaret Dean Stevens
- Bessie Geneva Streeter Aldrich
- Margaret Dean Stephens

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