Elizabeth Meehan

Elizabeth Meehan (22 August 1894 – 24 April 1967) was a British screenwriter who worked in both Britain and Hollywood.

[1][2] As a young woman, Betty Meehan was a model, a professional swimmer,[2] and a chorus girl with the Ziegfeld Follies, in the same sextet of dancers as Billie Dove and Alta King.

"[3] Meehan credited James M. Barrie with helping her transition into screenwriting.

[4] During the late 1930s Meehan was employed by the studio head Walter C. Mycroft to work for British International Pictures.

[9] Her daughter donated some of her original scripts and screenplays to the Special Collections library at UCLA.