Vollmer, Lula (d. 1955)
Vollmer, Lula (d. 1955)
American playwright and radio writer. Born in Keyser, NC; died May 2, 1955, in New York, NY; dau. of Virginia (Smith) and William Sherman Vollmer; never married.
Moved to NY (1918); wrote plays centering on North Carolina mountain life, including Sunup, The Shame Woman, The Dunce Boy, Trigger, Sentinels and The Hill Between; wrote radio serials for NBC: "Moonshine and Honeysuckle" (1930–33), "Grits and Gravy" (1934), and "The Widow's Sons" (1935–37).
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