Nan Blair Explained

Nan Blair
Birth Name:Clyte May Cosper
Birth Date:September 28, 1891
Birth Place:Dallas, Oregon, USA
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation:Screenwriter
Spouse:
  • Joseph Elizalde
  • Sheldon Ballinger
  • Benjamin Dailey

Nan Blair (September 28, 1891 – August 15, 1944), born Clyte Cosper, was an American screenwriter and literary agent active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.

Personal life

Blair was born in Dallas, Oregon, to Otis Cosper and Nettie Niece. Her first husband Joseph Elizalde[1] died in Santa Barbara in 1917, around the time she began writing screenplays in Hollywood.[2] She later married Sheldon Ballinger; their marriage that ended in divorce. Benjamin Dailey was her third husband; they were married until her death in Los Angeles in 1944.[3]

Career

By 1918, Blair headed up the script-reading department at Triangle Pictures, where she worked on shorts like A Dream of Egypt and A Prince for a Day.[4] She later headed Palmer Photoplays' manuscript sales department and was affiliated with Zeppo Marx Inc.[5] Her last known credit was on This Is the Life in 1935.

Selected filmography

References

  1. Web site: Santa Barbara. 9 January 1910. The Los Angeles Times. 41. 28 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Dies Crossing the Mountains. 19 February 1917. The Los Angeles Times. 5. 27 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Mrs. Nan B. Dailey. 18 Aug 1944. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2020-03-23.
  4. Web site: Triangle Tells Plans. 1 June 1918. The Los Angeles Times. 13. 27 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Flashes. 18 October 1918. The Los Angeles Times. 17. Newspapers.com. 27 January 2019.
  6. https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew19moti_4/page/1641/mode/1up?q=%22Rita+Harlan%22 "Macauley Feature Long in Producing"