Tess Slesinger
Tess Slesinger · Arts & Literature
Screenwriter of The Good Earth and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1905, New York City, USA — 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
USA
Tess Slesinger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Screenwriter of The Good Earth and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Slesinger was an American novelist and screenwriter, author of the satirical novel The Unpossessed, who moved to Hollywood and co-wrote screenplays including the adaptation of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth and, posthumously released, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She died of cancer at 39. She was Jewish, from a New York Jewish family.
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Screenwriter of The Good Earth and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
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