G. Marion Burton Explained

G. Marion Burton
Birth Name:Gertrude Marion L. Hopkins
Birth Date:June 8, 1875
Birth Place:Stillwater, Minnesota, USA
Death Date:January 3, 1952
Death Place:New York, New York, USA
Education:Emerson College
Occupation:Screenwriter, reporter
Spouse:Henry Bergen

Gertrude Marion Burton (née Hopkins June 8, 1875 – January 3, 1952), also known by her married name, Gertrude Bergen, was an American screenwriter, reporter, and playwright active during Hollywood's silent era.

Biography

Burton was born into an affluent family in Stillwater, Minnesota, and raised primarily in San Francisco. She was the only child of Jesse Pease Hopkins and Ella Clewell.[1] She was educated at the Irving Institute in San Francisco, and eventually graduated from Emerson College in Boston.[2]

As a writer, her work appeared in publications like Parisienne, Collier's Smart Set, Town and Country, and Vanity Fair, and she also wrote a number of screenplays for director E.H. Griffith.[3] Her weekly column called "Broadway Silhouettes" ran in several newspapers.

She married Henry Hannah Bergen in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York.[4] The pair resided at the Grand Hotel in Manhattan.

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: Miami Muse. Laramore. Vivian Yeiser. August 20, 1939. The Miami News. March 22, 2019.
  2. Motion Picture Studio Directory, 1919; Page: 218
  3. News: Lois Wilson at Capitol Sun. in Another Success. May 23, 1925. The Lansing State Journal. March 22, 2019.
  4. Book: Brooklyn blue book and Long Island society register. Brooklyn Life Pub. Co., 1908. New York Public Library. en.
  5. Book: Institute, American Film. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. 1997. University of California Press. 9780520209695. en.