Molly Kazan
Playwright, Author
1906 – 1963
Who was Molly Kazan?
Molly Kazan was an American dramatist and playwright.
Kazan was born Mary Day Thacher in Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Emma Cecelia and Alfred Beaumont Thacher, a lawyer, and the granddaughter of Elizabeth and classicist and college administrator Thomas Anthony Thacher. Her uncle was lawyer Thomas Thacher. She was the first wife of the acclaimed and controversial film director Elia Kazan.
She wrote the following plays:
a The Egghead
b Rosemary
c The Alligator
She died in 1963 in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 56 years old.
She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan. Her granddaughter is actress Zoe Kazan.
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- Born
- Dec 16, 1906
Orange - Also known as
- Mary Day Thacher (Molly) Kazan
- Molly Day Thacher
- Molly Day Thatcher
- Parents
- Spouses
- Elia Kazan
(1932/12/05 - 1963/12/14)
- Elia Kazan
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Dec 14, 1963
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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