Dona Holloway

Dona Holloway (born Agnes Mae Tweeddale) was an American film producer who got her start working for Columbia Pictures executive Harry Cohn. She's also known for her professional partnership with William Castle. At the time, she was one of the only female producers in the industry.

Dona Holloway
Born
Agnes Mae Tweeddale

April 18, 1914
Trinidad, Colorado, USA
DiedSeptember 27, 1984 (aged 70)
West Hollywood, California, USA
OccupationFilm producer
Spouse(s)Louis Lichtenfield

Biography

Born in Trinidad, Colorado, but raised in Los Angeles, Agnes Tweeddale was the daughter of Nicholas Tweeddale[1] and Esthel Wilcox. Her father was born in Scotland.

Holloway broke into the business when she was just 16, when she secured a position at William Morris. (She had been attending Los Angeles City College at the time, but left when the job opportunity came up.)[2] After serving as an assistant to WM VP John Hyde, she moved over to Columbia to assist studio chief Harry Cohn in 1949.[3]

"From Harry Cohn, I learned just about every phase of motion picture production, from scripts to casting, filming, editing, dubbing, and scoring," she told a reporter.[2]

In 1958, Cohn died, and Holloway joined Universal as an advisor to the studio's actresses. "Universal had a lot of luck developing young actors … but the girls weren't coming through for them," she'd later explain. "So I was taken on to try and bring out what what they had, and did manage to spur the careers of a few anyway, Sandra Dee, Martha Hyer, and Kathryn Grant (Mrs. Bing Crosby), among others."[4]

In 1959, director William Castle—who she had met years earlier[5]—tapped her to join his independent production company. As his associate producer, she was involved with nearly a dozen films in the 1960s.

She was married twice: First to a doctor, and later in life, to Louis Lichtenfield, the head of special effects at Warner Brothers.[6]

Selected filmography
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References
  1. "3 Apr 1962, 54 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  2. "13 Jul 1966, 41 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  3. "21 Jan 1965, Page 19 - Albuquerque Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  4. "16 Jul 1965, Page 9 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  5. "12 Jun 1963, 20 - The Indianapolis News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  6. "6 May 1986, Page 62 - Asbury Park Press at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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