Jane Murfin

Playwright

Birthday October 27, 1892

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Michigan

DEATH DATE Aug 10, 1955 (62)

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About

American playwright who wrote the well-known play, Lilac Time, in 1917. It ran for 176 performances on Broadway.

Before Fame

She worked as a scenarist with the Vitagraph company.

Trivia

She and her husband ran their own production company, which screened American's first dog star in Strongheart the Dog.

Family Life

Her first husband was the film director Laurence Trimble.

Associated With

After her marriage to Laurence Trimble ended, she married the How Green Was My Valley actor Donald Crisp.