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John Meehan was born on 8 May, 1884 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, is a Writer, Script Department, Miscellaneous. Discover John Meehan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of John Meehan networth?
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writer,script_department,miscellaneous |
Age |
70 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
Born |
8 May 1884 |
Birthday |
8 May |
Birthplace |
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada |
Date of death |
12 November, 1954 |
Died Place |
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA |
Nationality |
Canada |
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John Meehan Height, Weight & Measurements
At 70 years old, John Meehan height
is 5' 10" (1.78 m) .
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5' 10" (1.78 m) |
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Who Is John Meehan's Wife?
His wife is Beatrice Bradley (writer) (8 May 1929 - 12 November 1954) ( his death), Helen Scott (14 October 1920 - 1926) ( divorced), Kay Francis (? - ?), Ellen Terry Winter (? - 7 June 1919) ( her death) ( 3 children)
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Wife |
Beatrice Bradley (writer) (8 May 1929 - 12 November 1954) ( his death), Helen Scott (14 October 1920 - 1926) ( divorced), Kay Francis (? - ?), Ellen Terry Winter (? - 7 June 1919) ( her death) ( 3 children) |
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John Meehan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is John Meehan worth at the age of 70 years old? John Meehan’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from Canada. We have estimated
John Meehan's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
He won his second Oscar nod along with co-writer Dore Schary in 1939 for "Boy's Town". M. G. M. superstars Norma Shearer in "The Divorcee" and Spencer Tracy in "Boy's Town" won Oscars for their work in Meehan screenplays.
He returned once again to the Broadway theater for his swansong, as an actor, in 1935's "A Journey By Night". (His son, John Meehan, Jr. wrote the books for the operettas "Rosalinda" and "Helen Goes to Troy".
Meehan won his first Oscar nomination soon after coming to Hollywood, in 1930, for The Divorcee (1930).
)Meehan was hired as a contract writer by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at the time that Paramount was adapting his play The Lady Lies (1929) for the Big Screen, with a cast that featured Walter Huston and a young Claudette Colbert as the leads.
The play had not been a success in 1928, closing after just 24 performances, but Hollywood needed writers who could write dialogue. ("The Lady Lies" was remade into four other films in four different languages, as was the custom in the early talkie period, before dubbing was perfected.
) Meehan's 1927 play "Bless You, Sister" (which also lasted but 24 performances on Broadway), was adapted by Jo Swerling as The Miracle Woman (1931) for Frank Capra at Columbia, providing a choice role for Barbara Stanwyck, playing an Aimee Semple McPherson-like woman preacher.
He acted again on Broadway in John Drinkwater's 1919 hit play "Abraham Lincoln". Five of his original plays, all comedies, were staged during the Roaring Twenties. He also sporadically acted during the days of the Jazz Age, but more frequently, he produced and directed other dramatists's works. When moving pictures began to talk, he heeded Horace Greeley's admonition "Go West, Young Man" and hightailed it to Hollywood.
The next time his name was associated with The Great White Way, it was as a playwright, when his play "The Very Minute" was produced in 1917, starring Cathleen Nesbitt. The show closed after 32 performances.
From 1903 to 1908 he appeared three more times as an actor on Broadway.
Meehan made his Broadway debut in 1902 as an actor in a play inspired by a story by Richard Harding Davis, "Soliders of Fortune".
John Meehan, the Oscar-nominated Cando-American screenwriter and playwright best known for co-writing the classic Boys Town (1938), was born on May 8, 1890 in Lindsay, Ontario. His first dream was to be a chef, but after studying the culinary arts in Austria, he went to New York to seek fame and fortune in the theater.