Nichols, Anne (1891–1966)

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Nichols, Anne (1891–1966)

American playwright. Born Nov 26, 1891, in Dales Mill, Georgia; died in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Sept 15, 1966, after long illness; m. Henry Duffy (actor), 1915 (div. 1924); children: Henry.

Wrote Abie's Irish Rose, a theatrical phenomenon that ran from 1922 to 1927; also wrote The Gilded Cage (1920), Love Dreams (1921) and (with Adelaide Matthews) Just Married (1921).

See also Women in World History.

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