- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVera Louise Caspary
- Nickname
- Sergei Marinoff
- Height5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
- Vera Caspary was born on November 13, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for A Letter to Three Wives (1949), Laura (1944) and Laura. She was married to Isidor Goldsmith. She died on June 13, 1987 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseIsidor Goldsmith(October 5, 1949 - October 8, 1964) (his death)
- Published 18 novels, wrote four stage plays and ten screenplays. She was best known for her murder mysteries, the most famous of these, "Laura", turned into the "film noir" classic Laura (1944). She also wrote the story for the musical Les Girls (1957), which was voted best-written American musical by the screenwriters branch of the Writers Guild of America.
- Left school at 18 to write advertising copy for a mail-order business.
- She was blacklisted by senator Joseph McCarthy.
- Her father worked as a buyer for a department store.
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