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Betty Smith(1896-1972)

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Betty Smith
Betty Smith was born on 15 December 1896 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), Joy in the Morning (1965) and Hour Glass (1946). She died on 17 January 1972.
BornDecember 15, 1896
DiedJanuary 17, 1972(75)
BornDecember 15, 1896
DiedJanuary 17, 1972(75)
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Known for

Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Ted Donaldson, Peggy Ann Garner, Dorothy McGuire, and Lloyd Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
8.0
  • Writer
  • 1945
Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux in Joy in the Morning (1965)
Joy in the Morning
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1965
Hour Glass
TV Series
  • Writer
Gander Sauce
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1944

Credits

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Writer

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1974
  • Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux in Joy in the Morning (1965)
    Joy in the Morning
    5.6
    • novel
    • 1965
  • Vince Barnett, Paul E. Burns, Ned Glass, and Chill Wills in The Grass Is Always Greener (1950)
    The Grass Is Always Greener
    6.3
    Short
    • story (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Aline MacMahon in The Search (1948)
    The Search
    7.8
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Hour Glass
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1946
  • Gander Sauce
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1946
  • Who Died?
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1945
  • Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Ted Donaldson, Peggy Ann Garner, Dorothy McGuire, and Lloyd Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    8.0
    • adapted from the novel by
    • 1945
  • Gander Sauce
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1944

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 15, 1896
    • Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • January 17, 1972
  • Other works
    Novel: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (filmed as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974))

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    Popular American novelist and playwright. Her best-selling work, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", was based on her own childhood experiences growing up in a New York slum.

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