Molly Kazan
| Molly Kazan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Day Thacher December 16, 1906 Orange, New Jersey |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Dramatist, playwright |
| Spouse(s) | Elia Kazan |
| Children | 4 |
Molly Day Kazan (December 16, 1906[1] – December 14, 1963) was an American dramatist and playwright.
Early life
Kazan was born in Orange, New Jersey,[1] the daughter of Emma Cecelia (née Erkenbrecher) and Alfred Beaumont Thacher, a lawyer,[2][3] and the granddaughter of Elizabeth (Day) and classicist and college administrator Thomas Anthony Thacher. Her uncle was lawyer Thomas Thacher. She was the first wife of the acclaimed and controversial film director Elia Kazan.
Career
She wrote the following plays:
- The Egghead
- Rosemary
- The Alligator
Personal life
She died in 1963 in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 56 years old, 2 days before her 57th birthday. [4]
She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan. Her granddaughter is actress Zoe Kazan.
References
Further reading
- Who’s Who of American Women, 1st ad. (1958–59), p. 679 (re Molly Thacher Kazan)
- Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year Ending July 1, 1928, pp. 58–59 (re Alfred Beaumont Thacher)
- Biographical and Historical Record of the Class of 1835 in Yale College for the Fifty Years from the Admission of the Class to College (1881), pp. 165–68 (re Thomas Anthony Thacher)
- C.T. Cobb, L.E. Thacher, & D.W. Allen, Genealogy and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher (1872), pp. 12–15.
