Reville, Alma (1899–1982)

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Reville, Alma (1899–1982)

English screenwriter and screen editor. Name variations: Alma Hitchcock. Born Aug 14, 1899, in England; died July 6, 1982, in Bel Air, CA; m. Alfred Hitchcock (film director), Dec 1926; children: Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell (b. 1928, actress who appeared in Strangers on a Train).

Broke into films (early 1920s), working as editor's assistant; was "script girl" for Alfred Hitchcock on 2 of his early directing projects: The Pleasure Garden (1925) and The Lodger (1926); subsequently edited many of his films; also collaborated as a screen-writer with him, earning story credits on 16 of his films, and collaborated with other directors as well.

See also Women in World History.

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