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Aurania Rouverol
American dramatist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aurania Rouverol (née Ellerbeck; August 13, 1886 – June 23, 1955) was an American writer best known for her play Skidding, in which she created Andy Hardy and his family,[1] who were turned into a popular series of sixteen movies from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Biography
Aurania Ellerbeck was born, the 22nd baby,[2] in Utah to Thomas Witten Ellerbeck, one of the chief clerks of Brigham Young.[3] She went to Stanford University[4][5][6] and studied playwriting at Radcliffe. She worked as an actress on stage.[7]
She died in Palo Alto, California, aged 68 years.[8]
She married Joseph Augustas Rouverol (Rouveyrol[9]) in 1946[10] and was the mother of actress and author Jean Rouverol (1916–2017).[11]
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- Skidding (1928) – play
- It Never Rains (1929) – play
- Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) – film, dialogue
- Growing Pains (1933) – play
- All in Marriage (1935) – play
- Places Please! (1937) – play
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