Molly Kazan

Mary "Molly" Kazan (1907 - 1963), the daughter of Alfred Beaumont Thacher and Emma Cecelia Erkenbrecher and the granddaughter of Thomas Anthony Thacher and Elizabeth Day; she was an American playwright and the first wife of the acclaimed, but controversial film director Elia Kazan.

Works

Mary (or Molly) Day Thacher, as she was known professionally, wrote the following plays:

• a) The Egghead

• b) Rosemary

• c) The Alligator

Death

She died on December 14, 1963 in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was only 56 years old ^[1]

She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan.

Sources

• 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.

References/Links

1. ^ Theatre World (Season 1962 - 1963) obituary. Library of Congress Catalog Card #46-13321.

External links

• [1] Notable Kin: New England in Hollywood, Part II: Behind the Scenes

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Name	Kazan, Molly
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Date of birth	1907
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Date of death	1963
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