Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas dies at age 111

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Frederica Sagor Maas, a pioneering female screenwriter of the silent era who penned films for likes of Clara Bow, Norma Shearer and Louise Brooks, died January 5th. She was 111 years old.

The La Mesa, California resident was one of the last surviving personalities from the silent film era. A "supercentarian," Maas was considered the third oldest person in California.

In 1999, at the urging of film historian Kevin Brownlow, Maas published her autobiography, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood (University Press of Kentucky). In the book, which features a forward by Brownlow, she recalled her life both in and out of Hollywood.

More at

http://www.examiner.com/silent-movie-in ... at-age-111

and
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/ ... 4921.story

and

http://louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com ... erica.html