Ella Stuart Carson (born Cora Ella Carson) was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood's early silent days.
Ella was born in Hebron, Indiana, to James Carson and Mary Jane Stuart.
She attended the Indiana University intent on becoming a teacher, but afterward, she embarked on a career as a newspaperwoman, working at The Chicago Tribune and The Albuquerque Journal.
[1][2] By the mid-1910s, she and her husband, R. Cecil Smith, got work writing scripts at Thomas H. Ince's studio.
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