
Joan Harrison
87
years 1994
Biography
Joan Harrison (20 June 1907 – 14 August 1994) was an English screenwriter and producer. She became the first female screenwriter to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar when the category was introduced in 1940, and was the first screenwriter to receive two Academy Award nominations in the same year in separate categories, for co-writing the screenplay for the films Foreign Correspondent (1940) (original) and Rebecca (1940) (adapted), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with whom she had a long professional relationship.
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Acting (3 movies)
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| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica Inn | 1939 | Screenplay |
| Rebecca | 1940 | Screenplay |
| Foreign Correspondent | 1940 | Screenplay |
| Suspicion | 1941 | Screenplay |
| Saboteur | 1942 | Screenplay |
| Dark Waters | 1944 | Screenplay |
| The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | 1945 | Producer |
| Nocturne | 1946 | Producer |
| They Won't Believe Me | 1947 | Producer |
| Ride the Pink Horse | 1947 | Producer |
| Once More, My Darling | 1949 | Producer |
| Your Witness | 1950 | Producer |
| Your Witness | 1950 | Screenplay |
| Circle of Danger | 1951 | Producer |
| Incident at a Corner | 1960 | Producer |
| Escape to Sonoita | 1960 | Producer |
| The Man Who Found the Money | 1960 | Producer |
| The Children of Alda Nuova | 1962 | Producer |
| Journey Into Darkness | 1968 | Executive Producer |
| Journey to the Unknown | 1969 | Executive Producer |
| Journey to Murder | 1971 | Executive Producer |


