American screenwriter
Leighton Osmun |
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| Born | Leighton Graves Osmun
December 13, 1880
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| Died | June 12, 1928(1928-06-12) (aged 47)
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| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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| Years active | 1916–1923 |
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| Spouses |
Harriet Scholl (divorced) |
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Leighton Graves Osmun (December 13, 1880 – June 12, 1928) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and author who was active during Hollywood's silent era.[1] He often collaborated with fellow screenwriter Beatrice deMille.[2][3]
Biography
Leighton was born in Newark, New Jersey, to banker J. Allen Osmun and Mary Graves.[4]
In 1916, while living in Los Angeles and working as a writer, Leighton briefly disappeared after divorcing his first wife, Harriet Scholl, and marrying his second wife, Lula Dix Drummond.[4] He and Lula had a daughter, Sarah, together; she would go on to marry William Ince, son of director Thomas H. Ince.[5]
In the summer of 1929, he suffered a heart attack and died after rescuing a child who was in danger of drowning at a beach in La Jolla, California. He was 48 years old.[6][7][8] He was survived by his second wife, Dix, and his daughter, Sarah.
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