Zoe Akins

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Zoë Akins (October 30, 1886 – October 29, 1958) was a

Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, poet, and author.

In the early 1930s, Akins became more active in film,

writing several screenplays as well as licensing minor adaptations of her

work—such as The Greeks Had a Word for It which was adapted twice, in 1932 (as

The Greeks Had a Word for Them) and 1938 (as Three Blind Mice) – neither was a

hit. Two highlights of this period are the films Sarah and Son (1930) and

Morning Glory (1933), the latter film remade as Stage Struck. While both films

earned their respective female leads (Ruth Chatterton and Katharine Hepburn)

Academy Award nominations, neither was enough to launch Akins' career.

Finally, Akins received recognition. In 1935, she was

awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her dramatization of Edith Wharton's

The Old Maid, a melodrama set in New York City and written in five episodes

stretching across time from 1839 to 1854. A film version of The Old Maid

followed in 1939, starring Bette Davis.

Akins also adapted the Alexandre Dumas novel, La dame aux

camélias which was adapted into the film Camille in 1936. The film starred Greta

Garbo, Robert Taylor, and Lionel Barrymore, and earned Garbo her third Oscar

nomination.

To Akins' surprise, she was thrust into notoriety again in

1953, when Jean Negulesco directed an adaptation of The Greeks Had a Word for

It. The film, titled How to Marry a Millionaire, became a box office sensation

and helped launch the career of its star, Marilyn Monroe. Monroe's role in the

Akins' play helped the rising star become a cultural icon, and encouraged Akins

to pursue a short stint as a writer for several television variety programs.

Writing
1959	The Sad Horse	Writing	Story	N/A N/A
1958	Stage Struck	Writing	Theatre Play	59 Average
1956	The Day I Met Caruso	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1956	Screen Directors Playhouse: The Day I Met Caruso	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1953	How to Marry a Millionaire	Writing	Theatre Play	63 Fair
1947	Desire Me	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1939	The Old Maid	Writing	Theatre Play	59 Average
1938	Zaza	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1938	The Toy Wife	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1937	Conquest	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1936	Camille	Writing	Screenplay	61 Fair
1936	Accused	Writing	Story	N/A N/A
1936	Accused	Writing	Screenplay	N/A N/A
1936	Lady of Secrets	Writing	Screenplay	59 Average
1934	Outcast Lady	Writing	Screenplay	59 Average
1933	Morning Glory	Writing	Theatre Play	59 Average
1933	Christopher Strong	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1932	The Greeks Had a Word for Them	Writing	Theatre Play	58 Average
1931	Working Girls	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1931	Girls About Town	Writing	Writer	58 Average
1931	Once a Lady	Writing	Writer	58 Average
1930	The Right to Love	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1930	A Whole Life	Writing	Adaptation	N/A N/A
1930	Anybody's Woman	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1930	Anybody's Woman	Writing	Dialogue	59 Average
1930	Ladies Love Brutes	Writing	Theatre Play	59 Average
1930	Sarah and Son	Writing	Adaptation	58 Average
1930	Sarah and Son	Writing	Dialogue	58 Average
1930	Sarah and Son	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1929	Her Private Life	Writing	Writer	58 Average
1925	Eve's Secret	Writing	Theatre Play	N/A N/A
1925	Déclassé	Writing	Theatre Play	59 Average
1925	Daddy's Gone A-Hunting	Writing	Theatre Play	58 Average