Betty Smith(1896-1972)

Writer

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Betty Smith

Betty Smith was born on 15 December 1896 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), Joy in the Morning (1965) and Hour Glass (1946). She died on 17 January 1972.

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Known for

Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Ted Donaldson, Peggy Ann Garner, Dorothy McGuire, and Lloyd Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

8.0

Writer

1945

Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux in Joy in the Morning (1965)

Joy in the Morning

5.7

Writer

1965

TV Series

Writer

TV Movie

Writer

1944

Credits

Writer

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
7.0
TV Movie
- novel
- 1974
Joy in the Morning
5.7
- novel
- 1965
The Grass Is Always Greener
6.3
Short
- story (uncredited)
- 1950
The Search
7.8
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1948
Hour Glass
TV Series
- Writer
- 1946
Gander Sauce
TV Movie
- play
- 1946
Who Died?
Short
- Writer
- 1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
8.0
- adapted from the novel by
- 1945
Gander Sauce
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1944

Personal details

Born
- December 15, 1896
- Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
- January 17, 1972
Other works
Novel: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (filmed as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974))

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Trivia
Popular American novelist and playwright. Her best-selling work, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", was based on her own childhood experiences growing up in a New York slum.

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