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Mary O'Hara (author)

American novelist

"Mary Alsop" redirects here. For the wife of Senator Rufus King, see Rufus King § Family.

Mary O'Hara Alsop (July 10, 1885 – October 14, 1980) was an American author, screenwriter, pianist, and composer. She was a Hollywood screenwriter for silent films that includes The Prisoner of Zenda (1922), Braveheart (1925), and Framed (1927).

In 1961, she performed her folk musical composing, The Catch Colt, at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. She was the author of several books including Let Us Say Grace (1930), My Friend Flicka (1941), and Novel-in-the-Making (1954). She died from arteriosclerosis on October 14, 1980, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Biography

Mary O'Hara Alsop was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May Point, New Jersey, the third child of the Reverend Dr. Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee Spring. O'Hara, who was named after her maternal grandmother, Mary O'Hara Spring (née Denny), grew up in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Her siblings included an older sister, the writer Gulielma ("Elma") Fell

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Mary O'Hara

Born

in Cape May Point, New Jersey, The United States

July 10, 1885

Died

October 14, 1980

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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Mary O’Hara Alsop, an American author, screenwriter, and composer, was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May, N.J., to Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee (Spring). She grew up in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., where her father was an Episcopal clergyman.

In 1905, Ms. O'hara married Kent Kane Parrot, whom she later divorced. Her second marriage to Helge Sture-Vasa from Sweden in 1922 also ended in divorce in 1947. Ms. O’Hara had two children from her first marriage, Mary O’Hara who died of skin cancer during her teens, and Kent Kane, Jr.

Ms. O’Hara moved to California after her first marriage where she became a screenwriter during the silent film era through the advent of talking movies.

In 1930, during her second marriage, Ms O’Hara moved to a ranch in Wyoming Mary O’Hara Alsop, an American author, screenwriter, and composer, was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May, N.J., to Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee (Spring). S

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Mary O'Hara

Fulbright Scholar, Mary O’Hara, was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She read Social and Political Science at Magdalene College, Cambridge where she was awarded a college scholarship, played soccer and squash, acted in numerous plays and founded the Cambridge University Theatrical Dance Society. After Cambridge Mary worked for Capital Radio in London before moving to the Guardian newspaper. She is currently a staff reporter for the Guardian and Observer newspapers on social affairs specialising on human rights, crime, health and social justice. She has written for a variety of other publications and worked for broadcasters including the BBC. In 2007 she made her first documentary, Beyond the Railings, which she directed and co-produced. In the past three years she has won a number of prestigious awards including: UK national winner of the ‘For Diversity, Against Discrimination’ EU Journalist Award for her writing on disability rights, national winner of the European ‘Year of Equal Opportunities for All Special Prize’ for her