Molly Kazan

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Occupation Dramatist, playwright Name Molly Kazan		Role Dramatist Spouse Elia Kazan (m. 1932–1963)
Full Name Mary Day Thacher Born December 16, 1906 ( 1906-12-16 ) Orange, New Jersey Died December 14, 1963, New York City, New York, United States Books The Egghead: Manuscript Edition Children Nicholas Kazan, Chris Kazan, Katharine Kazan, Judy Kazan Parents Emma Cecelia Erkenbrecher, Alfred Beaumont Thacher Similar People Elia Kazan, Nicholas Kazan, Zoe Kazan, Frances Kazan, Robin Swicord

Molly Day Kazan (December 16, 1906 – December 14, 1963) was an American dramatist and playwright.

Early life

Kazan was born in Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Emma Cecelia (née Erkenbrecher) and Alfred Beaumont Thacher, a lawyer. Her grandparents were Elizabeth (Day) and Thomas Anthony Thacher, a classicist and college administrator. Her uncle, Thomas Thacher, was a lawyer. She was the first wife of film director Elia Kazan.

Career

She wrote the following plays:

The Egghead

Rosemary

The Alligator

Personal life

She died in 1963, two days before her 57th birthday, in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan. Her granddaughter is actress Zoe Kazan.

Additional reading

Who’s Who of American Women, 1st ad. (1958–59), p. 679 (re Molly Thacher Kazan)

Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year Ending July 1, 1928, pp. 58–59 (re Alfred Beaumont Thacher)

Biographical and Historical Record of the Class of 1835 in Yale College for the Fifty Years from the Admission of the Class to College (1881), pp. 165–68 (re Thomas Anthony Thacher)

C.T. Cobb, L.E. Thacher, & D.W. Allen, Genealogy and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher (1872), pp. 12–15.

References

Molly Kazan Wikipedia

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Career

Personal life

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