Adelaide Heilbron was an American screenwriter known for films like The Dressmaker from Paris and Lessons for Wives.
[1] Adelaide Heilbron was born into a prominent Seattle family.
Her parents were George H. Heilbron (editor at The Seattle Post Intelligencer)[2] and Adelaide Elizabeth Piper (daughter of W.H.
Piper, a well-known Boston bookstore owner).
[3] Heilbron graduated from Smith College in 1920 and got her start in the film industry providing coverage for Famous Players–Lasky in New York, moving into script supervising before becoming a screenwriter.