Laura Kerr
Laura Kerr was an American screenwriter of the mid-twentieth century. A native of Ohio, she attended Vassar College before embarking on a career as a literary agent. She spent a decade with the Brandt... Read more
Laura Kerr was an American screenwriter of the mid-twentieth century. A native of Ohio, she attended Vassar College before embarking on a career as a literary agent. She spent a decade with the Brandt & Brandt agency. In 1934, she accompanied her first husband, writer Anthony Veiller, to California. Remarried to scenarist Allen Rivkin, Kerr began to write film scripts. She and Rivkin wrote a number of films together, most notably '”The Farmer’s Daughter” (1947).