Sylvia Bernstein (screenwriter)

Sylvia Bernstein (sometimes credited as Sylvia Bernstein Seid or Sylvia Seid) was an American screenwriter and playwright active in Hollywood in the late 1920s.[1][2]

Sylvia Bernstein
Born
Sylvia Frances Bernstein

December 31, 1900
Brooklyn, New York, USA
DiedOctober 22, 1979 (aged 78)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, playwright
Spouses
  • Louis Banks
  • John Hartley Seid
ParentIsadore Bernstein

He was born in Brooklyn, and her father was screenwriter Isadore Bernstein.[3] She was of Jewish ancestry.[4] She eventually moved out to Los Angeles with her family, where she began working as a screenwriter. She was married twice: first to Louis Banks and then to John Hartley Seid.

Selected filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ "At the Theatres". The Lansing State Journal. 20 May 1929. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  2. ^ Von Blon, Katherine (28 Apr 1941). "Here Today: Gay Play of Bad Manners in the Bahamas". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  3. ^ "S.F. Man Marries Director's Daughter". The San Francisco Examiner. 4 Aug 1924. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  4. ^ "Stepping Along Aids Jewish Center". The Brooklyn Daily Times. 10 Mar 1927. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  5. ^ "Dreamland". The Edmonton Journal. 6 Aug 1929. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  6. ^ "At the Majestic". The Seymour Tribune. 8 Nov 1928. Retrieved 2019-07-28.