A Woman of Affairs (1928)

Born Helen MacGlashan in Buffalo, NY. A petite blonde, she entered films as an extra for D.W. Griffith at Biograph but soon proved more talented as a writer than as an actress. Her novel The Southerner was adapted for Griffith's THE MODERN PRODIGAL (1910) at Biograph. She appeared on screen two years later and had over 20 film credits between 1912 and 1916. By the end of silent pictures, she had over 100 screen writing credits, including BEN-HUR (1925, continuity), THE WONDER OF WOMEN (1929) and A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928). Her first picture with full sound and music was CHASING RAINBOWS (1930) at MGM. Other notable sound script credits (alone or in collaboration) include OUR BLUSHING BRIDES, ROMANCE, THE PRODIGAL, LAUGHING SINNERS, THE PHANTOM OF PARIS, WEST OF BROADWAY and THE CUBAN LOVE SONG (all 1931), STRANGE INTERLUDE (1932), LOOKING FORWARD (1933), THE AFFAIRS OF CELLINI, THE MIGHTY BARNUM and THE IRON DUKE (all 1934), FOLIES-BERGÈRE DE PARIS and METROPOLITAN (both 1935), UNDER TWO FLAGS and HALF ANGEL (both 1936), CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA and THE GREAT HOSPITAL MYSTERY (both 1937), THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940), THAT NIGHT IN RIO (1941) and her last film, THE UNSUSPECTED (1947). Meredyth was one of the 36 founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She was first married to veteran actor Wilfred Lucas (1871 - 1940). Their son was "Star Trek" writer-director-producer John Meredyth Lucas (1919-2002). Her second husband (1952 until his death in 1962) was director Michael Curtiz, who adopted her son and gave him his first job in films.    Nominated for Writing 1928-29: THE WONDER OF WOMEN and A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS 1 nomination