Stephen Morehouse Avery
| Stephen Morehouse Avery | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 20, 1893 Webster Groves St. Louis County, Missouri, USA |
| Died | February 10, 1948 (aged 54) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 1930s-1948 |
| Spouse(s) | Marian Baldwin Avery |
| Children | Phyllis Avery |
Stephen Morehouse Avery (December 20, 1893 – February 10, 1948) was an American author who wrote numerous Hollywood screenplays. His daughter is the actress Phyllis Avery.
Avery was born to Charles M. and Jesse Avery in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. The senior Avery was a cashier at an insurance company. Stephen Avery attended the University of Missouri at Columbia and was employed in Detroit, Michigan, before he began professional writing.
Avery wrote for national publications until 1933, when he began to specialize in screenplays. His work included Wharf Angel (1934), Our Little Angel (1935),One Rainy Afternoon with Ida Lupino and Francis Lederer (1936),The Gorgeous Hussy for Joan Crawford,I'll Take Romance (1937), Four Mothers (1941),The Male Animal (1942), starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland and based on a James Thurber play. and Deep Valley (1947), with Ida Lupino and Dane Clark, the story of a lonely woman living on a farm who is smitten by an escaped convict.
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