Decla Dunning(1909-1984)

Writer

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Decla Dunning was born on 27 November 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. Decla was a writer, known for The Stranger (1946), Tars and Spars (1946) and The Hairy Ape (1944). Decla was married to Paul B. Radin and John West Runyon. Decla died on 27 March 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young in The Stranger (1946)

7.3

Writer

1946

Janet Blair, Sid Caesar, Jeff Donnell, Alfred Drake, and Marc Platt in Tars and Spars (1946)

6.1

Writer

1946

William Bendix and Susan Hayward in The Hairy Ape (1944)

6.1

Writer

1944

Julie London in Crime Against Joe (1956)

Crime Against Joe

5.8

Writer

1956

Credits

Writer

Crime Against Joe
5.8
- story
- 1956
The Halls of Ivy
8.1
TV Series
- Writer
- 1954
The Ford Television Theatre
7.1
TV Series
- original story and teleplay
- 1953
I, Jane Doe
7.0
- adaptation
- 1948
Sleep, My Love
6.8
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1948
The Stranger
7.3
- adaptation
- 1946
Tars and Spars
6.1
- Writer
- 1946
The Hairy Ape
6.1
- screenplay
- 1944

Personal details

Born
- November 27, 1909
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- March 27, 1984
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouses

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As a journalist for the "Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine", she wrote a profile of Orson Welles entitled "Energy Machine", published in the magazine on Christmas Eve, 1939. Several years later, having become a screenwriter, she collaborated on the story for "The Stranger", the 1946 movie directed by and starring Orson Welles.

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