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Ardel Wray(1907-1983)

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Ardel Wray was a screenwriter and story editor, best known for her work on Val Lewton's classic horror films in the 1940s, including I Walked with a Zombie, The Leopard Man, and Isle of the Dead. In a late second career in television, she worked as a story editor and writer at Warner Bros. on 77 Sunset Strip, The Roaring 20s, and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters.
BornOctober 28, 1907
DiedOctober 14, 1983(75)
BornOctober 28, 1907
DiedOctober 14, 1983(75)
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    • 1 nomination total

Known for

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
I Walked with a Zombie
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1943
Isle of the Dead (1945)
Isle of the Dead
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1945
Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
77 Sunset Strip
7.7
TV Series
  • Writer
Margo and Dennis O'Keefe in The Leopard Man (1943)
The Leopard Man
6.7
  • Writer
  • 1943

Credits

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Writer

  • Tim Curry, Jennifer Grey, and Craig Sheffer in Ritual (2002)
    Ritual
    4.8
    • Writer (1943 screenplay I Walked with a Zombie)
    • 2002
  • "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" Kurt Russell, Jean Engstrom 1963 MGM
    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
    7.5
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1964
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
    7.7
    TV Series
    • written by
    • teleplay by
    • 1963–1964
  • Donald May, Dorothy Provine, and Rex Reason in The Roaring 20's (1960)
    The Roaring 20's
    8.0
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1961
  • Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, and John Lund in Bride of Vengeance (1949)
    Bride of Vengeance
    5.6
    • contributing writer (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Isle of the Dead (1945)
    Isle of the Dead
    6.5
    • written by
    • 1945
  • Jean Brooks, Bonita Granville, and Dickie Moore in Youth Runs Wild (1944)
    Youth Runs Wild
    4.7
    • additional dialogue
    • 1944
  • Tom Conway and Jean Brooks in The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
    The Falcon and the Co-eds
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • original story
    • 1943
  • Margo and Dennis O'Keefe in The Leopard Man (1943)
    The Leopard Man
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1943
  • I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
    I Walked with a Zombie
    7.0
    • screen play
    • 1943

Additional Crew

  • Guns of Diablo (1964)
    Guns of Diablo
    5.7
    • assistant to producer
    • 1964
  • "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" Kurt Russell, Jean Engstrom 1963 MGM
    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
    7.5
    TV Series
    • story editor
    • 1964

Personal details

  • Born
    • October 28, 1907
    • Washington, USA
  • Died
    • October 14, 1983
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Norman Nervig1944 - 1955 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
    • Stefani Warren
  • Parents
    • Virginia Brissac

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