Erna Lazarus

Who was Erna Lazarus?

Erna Lazarus was a screen and television writer from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Lazarus, born in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the founding members of the Screen Writers Guild. On her death, Variety credited her as "one of the first female screenwriters working steadily in the studio system." She also had an influential role in the formation of the Interguild Federal Credit Union.

Lazarus died on February 19, 2006, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 102.