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- Birth nameElizabeth Apthorp McFadden
- Elizabeth McFadden was born on May 17, 1875 in Newport, Kentucky, USA. She was a writer, known for Double Door (1934), Matinee Theatre (1955) and Kraft Theatre (1947). She died on July 16, 1961 in Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA.
- Served as director of the Bureau of Publications of the Red Cross in Washington DC.
- Worked as a librarian for the Cincinnati Public Library.
- After graduating from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts she studied playwriting at Harvard under Prof. George Pierce Baker.
- Remembered for "The Product of the Mill" which won the Craig Prize and "Why the Chimes Rang" which ran for over 4,000 performances.
- Playwright and Author.
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