Wolff, Victoria, 1903-1992

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Birth 1903-12-10
Death 1992-09-16
Americans
German, French, English

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Biography

Victoria Wolff was born at Heilbronn in South Germany, December 10, 1908; BA, University of Munich (1929); MA, University of Lausanne (1931); left Germany (1933) and spent the next six years in Ascona, Switzerland working as a freelance writer; moved to America (1941); worked as scenarist and film scripter for both 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer; foreign correspondent for Madame and contributor to Swiss and German magazines; various writings include Fabulous city (1957), And seven shall die (1954), and The white evening dress (1941); died ca. 1990s.

From the guide to the Victoria Wolff Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1980, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

Victoria Wolff was born at Heilbronn in South Germany, Dec. 10, 1908; BA, Univ. of Munich (1929); MA, Univ. of Lausanne (1931); left Germany (1933) and spent the next six years in Ascona, Switzerland working as a freelance writer; moved to America (1941); worked as scenarist and film scripter for both 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer; foreign correspondent for Madame and contributor to Swiss and German magazines; various writings include Fabulous city (1957), And seven shall die (1954), and The white evening dress (1941); died ca. 1990s.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1980. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41578938

Biographical note: German emigre writer.

Wolff (originally Wolf) was born in Heilbronn and immigrated to Switzerland in 1933 and the United States in 1941. She has been a novelist and Hollywood writer.

From the description of Victoria Wolff manuscript, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122528711

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