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Adele Comandini

Adele Comandini (1898-1987) was an American screenwriter who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for Three Smart Girls (1936). Born in New York on April 29, 1898, t...view moreAdele Comandini (1898-1987) was an American screenwriter who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for Three Smart Girls (1936). Born in New York on April 29, 1898, the daughter of Italian immigrants, Comandini began her career as a screenwriter in the film industry in Hollywood in 1926 with the literary adaptation for the film Subway Sadie. Over time, she wrote the screenplays for more than 20 films and TV episodes. At the Academy Awards in 1937, she was nominated for the Academy Award for best original story for Three Smart Girls (1936). She wrote screenplays for several other well-known films, including Beyond Tomorrow (1940), Strange Illusion (1945), and Christmas in Connecticut (1945). In 1956, she also penned the biography of Dr. Kate Phelham Newcomb, a Wisconsin physician who gained national recognition in 1954 when she appeared on TV show This Is Your Life and received huge donations towards opening a hospital that same year. Comandini died on July 22, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, aged 89.view less