Parker, Dorothy

1893 - She was born on the 22nd day of August in the West End district of Long Branch, New Jersey.

1917 - She met and married a Wall Street broker, Edwin Pond Parker II, but they were separated by his army service in World War I.

1919 - Her career took off while writing theatre criticism for Vanity Fair, initially as a stand-in for the vacationing P.G. Wodehouse.

1925 - She and Benchley were considered part of the staff, though at first they contributed little to the magazine. Parker was soon writing for The New Yorker as well.

1934 - She married Alan Campbell, an actor with hopes to be a screenwriter.

1936 - She helped to found the Anti-Nazi League in Hollywood.

1937 - She wrote the script for the film, “A Star is Born.” which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing - Screenplay.

1947 - Her marriage with Campbell was tempestuous; they divorced.

1950 - She was listed as a Communist by the publication Red Channels.

1957 - She wrote book reviews for Esquire, though these pieces were increasingly erratic due to her continued abuse of alcohol.

1967 - She died of a heart attack at the age of 73 in the Volney residential hotel in New York City.