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Frances Goodrich (December 21, 1890 – January 29, 1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter, best-known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett. Goodrich was born to Henry Wickes and Madeleine Christy Lloyd Goodrich in Belleville, New Jersey. The family moved to nearby Nutley when Goodrich was two. She attended Collegiate School in Passaic, New Jersey, and graduated from Vassar College in 1912, and went on to the New York School of Social Work from 1912 to 1913.She Wrote The Dairy of Anne Frank Not long after marrying screenwriter Albert Hackett, the... MORE

Frances Goodrich (December 21, 1890 – January 29, 1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter, best-known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett. Goodrich was born to Henry Wickes and Madeleine Christy Lloyd Goodrich in Belleville, New Jersey. The family moved to nearby Nutley when Goodrich was two. She attended Collegiate School in Passaic, New Jersey, and graduated from Vassar College in 1912, and went on to the New York School of Social Work from 1912 to 1913.She Wrote The Dairy of Anne Frank Not long after marrying screenwriter Albert Hackett, the couple went to Hollywood in the late 1920s to write the screenplay for their stage success Up Pops the Devil for Paramount Pictures. In 1933 they signed a contract with MGM and remained with them until 1939. Among their earliest assignments was writing the screenplay for The Thin Man (1934). They were encouraged by the director W. S. Van Dyke to use the writing of Dashiell Hammett as a basis only, and to concentrate on providing witty exchanges for the principal characters, Nick and Nora Charles (played by William Powell and Myrna Loy). The resulting film was one of the major hits of the year, and the LESS