Nan Blair (September 28, 1891 – August 15, 1944), born Clyte Cosper, was an American screenwriter and literary agent active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.

Nan Blair
A young white woman wearing a dark fabric cap with brim low over her brows, and a dark coat or wrap
Nan Blair, from a 1919 publication
Born
Clyte May Cosper

September 28, 1891
Dallas, Oregon, USA
DiedAugust 15, 1944(1944-08-15) (aged 52)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter
Spouses
  • Joseph Elizalde
  • Sheldon Ballinger
  • Benjamin Dailey

Personal life

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Blair was born in Dallas, Oregon, to Otis Cosper and Nettie Niece. Her first husband Joseph Elizalde[1] died in Santa Barbara in 1917, around the time she began writing screenplays in Hollywood.[2] She later married Sheldon Ballinger; their marriage that ended in divorce. Benjamin Dailey was her third husband; they were married until her death in Los Angeles in 1944.[3]

Career

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By 1918, Blair headed up the script-reading department at Triangle Pictures, where she worked on shorts like A Dream of Egypt and A Prince for a Day.[4] She later headed Palmer Photoplays' manuscript sales department and was affiliated with Zeppo Marx Inc.[5] Her last known credit was on This Is the Life in 1935.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Santa Barbara". The Los Angeles Times. 9 January 1910. p. 41. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Dies Crossing the Mountains". The Los Angeles Times. 19 February 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Mrs. Nan B. Dailey". The Los Angeles Times. 18 Aug 1944. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. ^ "Triangle Tells Plans". The Los Angeles Times. 1 June 1918. p. 13. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Flashes". The Los Angeles Times. 18 October 1918. p. 17. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Macauley Feature Long in Producing" Motion Picture News (March 15, 1919): 1641. via Internet Archive