Mary Day "Molly" Kazan

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Molly Kazan (December 16, 1906 – December 14, 1963) was an American dramatist and playwright.

Kazan was born Mary Day Thacher in Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Emma Cecelia (née Erkenbrecher) and Alfred Beaumont Thacher, a lawyer, and the granddaughter of Elizabeth (Day) and classicist and college administrator Thomas Anthony Thacher. Her uncle was lawyer Thomas Thacher. She was the first wife of the acclaimed and controversial film director Elia Kazan.

She wrote the following plays:

The Egghead

Rosemary

The Alligator

She died in 1963 in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 56 years old.

She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan. Her granddaughter is actress Zoe Kazan.

Molly Kazan (December 16, 1906 – December 14, 1963) was an American dramatist and playwright.

Kazan was born Mary Day Thacher in Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Emma Cecelia (née Erkenbrecher) and Alfred Beaumont Thacher, a lawyer, and the granddaughter of Elizabeth (Day) and classicist and college administrator Thomas Anthony Thacher. Her uncle was lawyer Thomas Thacher. She was the first wife of the acclaimed and controversial film director Elia Kazan.

She wrote the following plays:

a) The Egghead

b) Rosemary

c) The Alligator

She died in 1963 in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 56 years old.

She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan. Her granddaughter is actress Zoe Kazan.