Early photo of Hamilton and Gregory Peck on Martha's Vineyard

Born in Sewickley, PA; educated at the Sorbonne in Paris and Smith College (where she became close friends with Katherine Cornell). Producer, co-writer and director of 1954's THE UNCONQUERED (a.k.a. HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY). She wrote special material for Beatrice Lillie between 1934 and 1936. Her play Return Engagement (w. James L. Shute) was adapted in 1938 for the film FOOLS FOR SCANDAL. She signed a contract with MGM for 1941 and 1942 and adapted the screenplay for DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943). As an actress, Hamilton appeared in the Broadway productions of The Warrior's Husband (1932), New Faces of 1934 (1934), Pride and Prejudice (1935), and One for the Money (1939). As a composer-songwriter Hamilton wrote the Broadway stage scores for One for the Money, Two for the Show, and Three to Make Ready. Joining ASCAP in 1940, her chief musical collaborator was Morgan Lewis, and her popular-song compositions include "How High the Moon", "The Old Soft Shoe", "In My Kenosha Canoe" (from Three to Make Ready), "My Day", "Barnaby Beach", "If It's Love", "Lazy Kind of Day", "I Only Know", "Teeter Totter Tessie", and "I Hate Spring". Her Academy Award is displayed at Smith College in Northampton, MA.  Documentary (Features) 1955: HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY - Producer 1 nomination, 1 Award