Grace Kingsley (August 10, 1873 – October 8, 1962) was the first motion-picture editor and columnist of the Los Angeles Times, beginning the position in 1914 and ending when she retired in 1933.
She worked in a law office, and then at night she did drama reviews and features, first for a weekly publication, The Capitol, and then for the Los Angeles Herald.
[1] Her work attracted the attention of Harry Andrews, city editor of the Los Angeles Times, and he hired her to do special features.
In his memoir, filmmaker Karl Brown described Kingsley's reporting style:She would not touch scandal in any way, no matter how juicy it might be.
[4] Kingsley died in Los Angeles on October 8, 1962, at Garden Crest Sanitarium and was survived by a sister, Dr. Mildred Mossman, and a niece, Mrs. Grace Nolan.