Chase, Mary 1907-

Case (1907-1981) was an American playwright and children's book author.

From the guide to the Papers, 1928-1981., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Mary Coyle Chase was born on February 25, 1907 in Denver Colorado. She attended the University of Colorado, and worked for The Rocky Mountain News as a reporter and served as publicity director for the National Youth Administration. Chase was also a playwright and author, her most famous works being the play Harvey and the book Loretta Mason Potts ( Mickey ). Harvey won a Pulitzer Prize and was made into a movie starring James Stewart, and her book The Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden was nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher award in 1969. She married Robert Lamont Chase (a newspaper reporter), on June 7, 1928. In addition to her career as a reporter, playwright and author she was a member of the Dramatists' Guild and had three sons. She died of a heart attack, October 20, 1981, in Denver, Colorado.

From the guide to the Mary Chase papers, 1945-1968, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)