American screenwriter, in films from 1920. After much free-lance work, joined RKO (1934 to 1938). A specialist at scripting westerns and films involving animals (Ranger the Dog, Rin-Tin-Tin, Thunderhead etc.), she also turned out a number of memorable comedies, (
Alice Adams (1935) comes to mind) and worked on four of the Astaire-Rogers musicals beginning with
The Gay Divorcee (1934).