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Sada Cowan(1882-1943)

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Sada Cowan was an American screenwriter, author and playwright who's career began during the days of the silent screen. She was the daughter of Elias and Reba Myers Cowan and was born on 18 September, 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father was a Boston wholesale jeweler who was born in Melbourne, Australia and had come to America as a young boy with his Dutch parents. Reba Cowan was a native Bostonian.

Besides her film work, Cowan also wrote "The State Forbids: A Play in One Act" (1915) "As I remember You" (1925) "Pomp and Other Plays" (1926), "Napoleon Had it Too" (1929) "Defiance" (1931) and "Bitter Justice" (1943).

Cowan's marriage to Los Angeles doctor Ernest L. Commons in 1929 ended in divorce a few years later.

Sada Cowan died on 31 July, 1943 in Los Angeles where she had lived for most of the latter half of her life.
BornSeptember 8, 1882
DiedJuly 31, 1943(60)
BornSeptember 8, 1882
DiedJuly 31, 1943(60)
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Pauline Frederick, Laura La Plante, and Malcolm McGregor in Smouldering Fires (1925)
Smouldering Fires
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1925
Greta Nissen in In the Name of Love (1925)
In the Name of Love
  • Writer
  • 1925
Clara Kimball Young in Hush (1921)
Hush
  • Writer
  • 1921
Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924)
Don't Doubt Your Husband
  • Writer
  • 1924

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  • William Frawley and Robert Kellard in Stop, Look and Love (1939)
    Stop, Look and Love
    5.2
    • writer
    • 1939
  • Charles Farrell and Charlotte Henry in Forbidden Heaven (1935)
    Forbidden Heaven
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 1935
  • Fay Wray in Woman in the Dark (1934)
    Woman in the Dark
    5.9
    • screen play
    • 1934
  • Rod La Rocque, Warner Oland, and Lupe Velez in Stand and Deliver (1928)
    Stand and Deliver
    6.3
    • writer
    • 1928
  • Nancy Kelly and Doris Kenyon in Mismates (1926)
    Mismates
    • scenario
    • 1926
  • Belle Bennett and Lois Moran in The Reckless Lady (1926)
    The Reckless Lady
    • scenario
    • 1926
  • Ben Lyon and Blanche Sweet in The New Commandment (1925)
    The New Commandment
    • adaptation
    • 1925
  • Greta Nissen in In the Name of Love (1925)
    In the Name of Love
    • scenario
    • 1925
  • The Trouble with Wives (1925)
    The Trouble with Wives
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1925
  • Pola Negri in The Charmer (1925)
    The Charmer
    • scenario
    • 1925
  • Pauline Frederick, Laura La Plante, and Malcolm McGregor in Smouldering Fires (1925)
    Smouldering Fires
    6.9
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1925
  • Pola Negri in East of Suez (1925)
    East of Suez
    5.4
    • scenario
    • 1925
  • Mae Busch, James Kirkwood, Adolphe Menjou, and Norma Shearer in Broken Barriers (1924)
    Broken Barriers
    • scenario
    • 1924
  • Leatrice Joy in Changing Husbands (1924)
    Changing Husbands
    7.5
    • scenario
    • 1924
  • Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924)
    Don't Doubt Your Husband
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1924

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  • Born
    • September 8, 1882
    • Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • July 31, 1943
    • Hollywood, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Dr. Ernest L. Commons1929 - ? (divorced)
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