Julie Herne

Julie Herne (October 31, 1880 – February 25, 1955) was an American playwright, screenwriter, actress, and film scout active during Hollywood's silent era.

Julie Herne
Born
Julie Adrianne Herne

(1880-10-31)October 31, 1880
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DiedFebruary 25, 1955(1955-02-25) (aged 74)
New York City, New York, USA
Cause of deathSuicide
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright, actress
Parents
RelativesChrystal Herne (sister)

Biography

Herne was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1880, the daughter of playwright James A. Herne and stage actress Katherine Corcoran. Her sister was actress Chrystal Herne.[1]

She had always dreamed of writing plays, and she began writing and acting in her teenage years. She had a number of plays hit Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s.[2]

By the early 1920s, she was employed as a scenarist at Paramount, where she worked on films like Dangerous Money and The Snow Bride.[3] Her film career tapered off around 1925, although she continued writing for the stage.

Herne was found dead in her New York City apartment in 1955.[4] In her suicide note, she blamed a bad review as the source of her despair.[5]

Selected filmography
gollark: I find it more helpful to actually do maths and programming.
gollark: Read some of the textbook and someone's notes, and spent a few hours revising and learning it and stuff, and got 75% on the exam.
gollark: One of my friends did roughly that because they wanted to switch from DT to Economics late in the year.
gollark: There's not very much nuance in any of it, not really anything about how economists don't actually *agree* on everything, and not any maths more complicated than division.
gollark: I also do Economics as an option (we do 7-ish (depends how you count them) required subjects and 3 options here) which seemed interesting but is kind of pointless, since basically all of the stuff they teach for that is pretty simplistic.

References
  1. The Theatre. Meyer Bros. & Company. 1905.
  2. Martin, Betty (February 7, 1909). "Daughter of Late James Herne Shows Many of His Talents". The Oakland Tribune. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. "Jingling Silver Coins Replace Paper Money". The Argus-Leader. August 23, 1924. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. "JULIE HERNE FOUND DEAD; Film Script Scout, 74, Came of Old Stage Family". The New York Times. 1955-02-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  5. Lyons, Leonard (March 4, 1955). "Ridgeway on Way Out as Chief of Staff". The Santa Fe New Mexican.
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