Margaret Fitts Explained

Margaret Fitts
Birth Name:Margaret Freeman Fitts
Birth Date:November 15, 1923
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, USA
Death Place:Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA
Education:Westlake School for Girls
Stanford University
Occupation:Screenwriter, TV writer
Spouse:Francis Marion Scott III

Margaret "Peggy" Fitts (November 15, 1923 – July 17, 2011) was an American screenwriter and television writer active from the 1940s through the 1960s.

Biography

Margaret was the daughter of L. Nathaniel and Eleanor Fitts, and she was born and raised in Los Angeles, where she attended the Westlake School. She later graduated from Stanford University, and afterward, she began writing films at MGM. She married Capitol Records executive Francis Marion Scott III in 1953.[1] She wrote a string of films between 1949 and 1956, and mostly concentrated on TV writing through the 1960s.

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: Margaret Fitts Will Join Ranks of Brides. May 15, 1953. The Los Angeles Times. April 17, 2019.
  2. News: 'King and Four Queens' an Entertaining Western. Scott. John L.. December 22, 1956. The Los Angeles Times. April 17, 2019.
  3. Book: Daniel, Blum. Screen World Vol. 8 1957. 1930. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. 9780819602633. en.
  4. Book: Fujiwara, Chris. Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall. 2015-05-07. McFarland. 9781476608112. en.
  5. Web site: The Sun Comes Up - WGA Directory. directories.wga.org. 2019-04-17.