Frances Goodrich (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Frances Goodrich, born in Belleville, New Jersey, on December 21, 1890, was the second of five children born to Madeleine Christy Lloyd and Henry Wickes Goodrich. In 1893 the Goodriches moved to Nutley, New Jersey, where Frances grew up. She graduated from Vassar College in 1912, subsequently attended the School of Social Service, and shortly thereafter took up acting, appearing in plays such as Come out of the Kitchen (1916). Goodrich also began writing and in 1928 asked another actor, Albert Maurice Hackett, to help her with a script; thus they began to collaborate on...
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