Ouida Bergère (born Eunie Branch; 1886 – 1974). Spanish-American screenwriter and actress.
Eunie Branch was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Stephen W. and Ida Branch, both natives of Tennessee. Her early years were spent in Madrid, Paris and England. She came to the U.S. at eight years of age.
Bergère began her career as an actress. Playwright Winchell Smith gave her her first role, but she eventually abandoned her stage career and turned her attention to writing. She wrote for the New York Herald and for various magazines, besides writing the stories (or 'scenarios') for silent film productions.
As well as the United States, Bergère also worked on films in England, France and Italy. While in Rome, she wrote a screenplay entitled The Eternal City (1923), based on the Hall Caine novel, directed by her husband George Fitzmaurice, and released by the Samuel Goldwyn Company. The film enlisted the assistance of the Fascists, and of Mussolini himself, with the help of the American ambassador in Rome. The film included a scene in which Mussolini appeared writing a letter and summoning a man to post it. Ten thousand real Blackshirts appeared in the Coliseum scenes for the film.
In 1926 she married actor Basil Rathbone. Their marriage was one of the most enduring in show business, lasting until Rathbone's death in 1967.
Eunie Branch was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Stephen W. and Ida Branch, both natives of Tennessee. Her early years were spent in Madrid, Paris and England. She came to the U.S. at eight years of age.
Bergère began her career as an actress. Playwright Winchell Smith gave her her first role, but she eventually abandoned her stage career and turned her attention to writing. She wrote for the New York Herald and for various magazines, besides writing the stories (or 'scenarios') for silent film productions.
As well as the United States, Bergère also worked on films in England, France and Italy. While in Rome, she wrote a screenplay entitled The Eternal City (1923), based on the Hall Caine novel, directed by her husband George Fitzmaurice, and released by the Samuel Goldwyn Company. The film enlisted the assistance of the Fascists, and of Mussolini himself, with the help of the American ambassador in Rome. The film included a scene in which Mussolini appeared writing a letter and summoning a man to post it. Ten thousand real Blackshirts appeared in the Coliseum scenes for the film.
In 1926 she married actor Basil Rathbone. Their marriage was one of the most enduring in show business, lasting until Rathbone's death in 1967.
- "Diminutive red-headed actress, playwright and screenwriter." https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075160/
- "In November of 1923, Basil Rathbone met Ouida Bergere, a redhead with brown eyes." http://www.basilrathbone.net/biography/ouida.htm
- "As soon as he set eyes on her petite red-haired form he knew she was The One and he fell in love with her completely." https://therealbasilrathbone.wordpress.com/t…/ouida-bergere/
- "She was indeed young and petite, with the most beautiful natural red hair I have ever seen." https://books.google.it/books…
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